Development Across Cultures
Contemporary Theories
Research Contexts
Whose "Theory" Is It Anyway?
Miscellaneous
100

From the ages "0-10", the Greeks referred to this stage of development as "The Age of Being *This*" Likening children to fruit.

Unripe

100

The need to integrate into social and cultural contexts.

Psychosocial 

100

You're born into this! They exist in every culture across the globe, and their makeup has many different cultural contexts that impact how children develop.

Family

100

Psychosexual Theory of Development.

Sigmund Freud

100

Hindus separate stages of development into this many categories.

4

200
As opposed to the Greek description of development, which focuses more on the physical growth of the individual, the Jewish description focuses more on this.

Cognitive Development

200

Most famous for widely being discarded, this theory focuses on sexuality as a means of chronicling development. 

Psychosexual

200

Now a cultural norm, this place serves as a hub of learning and instruction, often helping children develop into fully formed adults by the time they leave. 

School

200

Psychosocial Theory of Development.

Hint: He is his father's son.

Erik Erikson

200

The age old argument about what influences growth and development; not weather vs. care, but:

Nature Vs. Nurture

300

In Gusii tradition, starting at age 9, boys are referred to as *this*, meaning "a warrior".

Omomura

300

This theory was developed by cataloguing the ages kids no longer needed physical objects present to envision them.

Cognitive-Developmental Theory

300

In the US, the average age people begin this is 15, often holding it down part-time while in high school. In other countries, the age can be as low as five.

Work

300

The Stages of Moral Development.

Jean Piaget

300

Learning a second language is significantly easier during this stage of development than others.

Early Childhood

400

In which of these three groups, The Gusii, The Trobriand Islanders, and The Mayans, are boys and girls kept largely separated as they get older?

The Maya

400

This theory suggests that kids will often mimic the behaviors that they witness from mom and dad, their teachers, and even what they see on tv.

Social Learning Theory

400

Often centers for community and group prayer, these places offer researchers a specific point of view into the development of active members.

Civic and Religious Institutions

400

His theories focus on toddlers' development of language.

Noam Chomsky. 

400

The bobo doll experiment is a prime example of what type of conditioning?

Social learning

500

This Italian Author, most famous for his tales of traversing the underworld, described "Adolescentia" as ending at this age.

25

500

This theory, highlighting multiple influences of development, was created in response to what the author believed to be too heavy a focus on one environment.

Ecological Systems Theory

500

An always constant presence, even as you read this. This newly developed commodity has drastically altered the way kids develop and interact.

Media

500

Ecological Systems Theory.

Urie Bronfenbrenner 

500

In Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems, this is the interconnection between microsystems.

The Mesosystem

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