Theorists
Scientific Method
Theories
Words to Know
Bronfenbrenner
100

Theorist whose ideas include ID, ego, and superego

Freud

100

First step of scientific method

What is observation

100

A model of development based on observations that allows us to make predictions

What is developmental theory

100

Is an approach that uses multiple groups of participants who represent the age span of interest to the researcher

What is cross sectional design

100

Bronfenbrenner's theory of a dynamic process that includes the idea that all aspects of the environment affect the individual

What is the ecological systems theory

200

Theorist whose ideas include psychosocial stages such as trust vs mistrust and ego integrity vs despair

Who is Erikson

200

To test a _______, we first need to find a way to to turn the concept into something we can see and measure

What is hypothesis

200

This theory is also known as mind analysis

What is psychoanalytic theory

200

This is the way we add to our understanding of child development and includes a multi-step process. 

What is the scientific method

200

This system includes attitudes, customs, ideology of the culture

Macrosystem

300

This theorist is the father of behaviorism

Who is Watson

300

The last step in scientific method

What is refining a theory

300

The study of behavior, what people do

What is behaviorism

300

This process provides support from knowledgeable adults to move children beyond their current learning capacity

What is scaffolding

300

The number of systems that Bronfenbrenner prosed exist to influence children's development

What is five

400

Theorist who furthered the idea of behaviorism by introducing the idea of operant conditioning

Who is Skinner

400

These can be used to assess many aspects of children's development, including social skills, physical skills, language development and behaviors

What are checklists 

400

This theory utilizes schemas, assimilation, accommodation

What is cognitive developmental theory

400

What a child can't do on their own, but can do with a little help from more knowledgeable peers 

What is zone of proximal development

400

This system includes the fact to face interactions that a person has in their immediate settings such as home, school, or work

What is the microsystem

500

The Swiss scientist who studied children's thinking using the clinical method

Who is Piaget

500

This includes everyone in the category we are interested in studying or learning about

What is a population

500

Vygotsky emphasized the importance of the social world and culture in promoting cognitive growth

What is the sociocultural theory

500

Fitting new experiences into existing mental schemas

What is assimilation

500

Bronfenbrenner was active in developing this federal program for young children

What is Head Start

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