Piaget’s Stages & Erikson’s Stages
Key Definitions & Major Theorists
Neurons & Brain
100

Piaget’s stage where infants learn through senses and actions.

 What is the Sensorimotor Stage?

100

Development involving changes in thought, intelligence, and language.

What is Cognitive Development?

100

The part of the neuron that receives incoming signals.

What is a Dendrite?

200

Piaget’s stage where children begin to use symbols but lack logical reasoning.

What is the Preoperational Stage?

200

The theorist known for classical conditioning with dogs.

Who is Ivan Pavlov?

200

The part of the neuron that sends signals to other cells.

What is an Axon?

300

Erikson’s stage focused on trust versus mistrust.

 What is Infancy?

300

The theorist who emphasized social learning through observation.

 Who is Albert Bandura?

300

The brain region responsible for higher-order thinking and decision-making.

What is the Frontal Lobe?

400

Erikson’s stage where adolescents explore identity.

What is Identity vs. Role Confusion?

400

The theorist who proposed eight psychosocial stages.

Who is Erik Erikson?

400

The brain structure that coordinates movement and balance

What is the Cerebellum?

500

Piaget’s stage where abstract reasoning develops.

What is the Formal Operational Stage?

500

The theorist who developed the ecological systems theory.

 Who is Urie Bronfenbrenner?

500

The part of the brain that processes emotions and memory.

What is the Limbic System?

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