Piaget
11 month old Jason drops a toy from his crib. He immediately looks over the side of the crib to search for the toy. Jason is demonstrating that he has acquired this behavior.
What is object permanence?
Erik Erikson suggested that children with a secure attachment to their parents are especially likely to experience this.
What is basic trust?
Henry disapproves of stealing jelly beans from his sister's Easter basket because his mother will punish him if he does. According to Kohlberg, Henry best represents this stage of morality.
What is pre-conventional?
The Harlows' studies of infant monkeys raised with artificial mothers suggest that body contact promotes this.
What is attachment?
The search for this is what Erikson called the quest of adolescence.
What is identity?
If children cannot grasp this principle, they are unable to recognize that the quantity of a substance remains the same despite changes in its shape.
What is conservation?
Instead of focusing on cognitive development, like Piaget, Erikson focused on this type of development.
What is psychosocial development?
According to Kohlberg, when an individual affirms their self-defined ethical principles, they have reached this stage of moral development.
What is post-conventional?
This psychology was a staunch critic of Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development, primarily due to his lack of studying females in his research.
Who is Carol Gilligan?
What is Down Syndrome?
According to Piaget, a child can represent things with words and images but cannot reason with logic during this developmental stage.
What is preoperational?
A nine-year old boy, first learning about his capabilities on the playground and in the classroom would be in this stage of development, according to Erikson.
What is "industry vs. inferiority"?
According to Kohlberg, children who take turns passing and shooting a basketball, instead of playing the game the way it's supposed to be played, are motivated to do so in order to avoid having others be angry at them. The children are in this stage of moral development.
What is the pre-conventional stage?
The idea that a child's cognitive development depends on interaction with others in the culture, providing opportunities for learning from the social environment, is a fundamental aspect of the theory of this psychologist.
Who was Lev Vygotsky?
This disorder is characterized by deficient social interaction and impaired theory of mind.
What is autism spectrum disorder?
According to Piaget, during this stage, people begin to reason abstractly.
What is formal operational?
Individuals in early adulthood often seek a life partner with whom they will share their most closely held secrets and hopes. According to Erikson, this psychosocial stage of development is known as...
What is "intimacy vs. isolation"?
Billy doesn't cheat on tests because he doesn't want to violate classroom rules. According to Kohlberg, Billy is in this stage of moral development.
What is conventional?
According to Diana Baumrind, which of the following is a parenting style that, within the United States, is most closely associated with the development of self-reliance and confidence?
What is authoritative?
Imprinting occurs during this very specific period in an organism's life.
What is the critical period?
The first time that 4-year old Sara saw her older brother play a flute, she thought it was simply a large whistle. Sara's initial understanding of the flute best illustrates this process
What is acommodation?
In late adulthood, the individual reaches the eighth and final stage of psychosocial development, in which one reviews and evaluates their life choices. According to Erikson, this stage is known as...
What is "integrity vs. despair"?
Critics of Kohlberg's theory of moral development have suggested that this fundamental flaw has skewed his research.
What is, he only studied males between the ages of 10-16?
Mary Ainsworth's research demonstrated that a toddler with a secure attachment was observed when the child behaved this way when left with an alternative caregiver for the first time?
What is: show distress at first. calm down, play and then run to mother when she returns?
The typical skills and expected level of achievement associated with a particular stage of development are known as this.
What are developmental norms?