Who Are They
He studied children scientifically through real-life observations using one-way mirror and motion picture cameras.
Who is Gesell?
An individual’s personality develops through a series of stages based on their ability to control their internal needs and wants and depends on changes in the distribution of sexual energy.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
This theory focuses on the importance of social relationships across the human life span and the influence of the unconscious mind on the development of the psyche.
What is Psychoanalytic?
The process of grouping things based on their similarities- like color, size, or shape
What is Classification?
Memorized counting; they can count to 10, count some items more than one time, and don't understand the quantity.
What is Rote Counting?
This theorist believed that we are all smart in a variety of ways.
Who is Gardner?
This theorist's work helps teachers to know what to do if a child is exhibiting an unwanted behavior.
Who is Skinner?
The theory of operant conditioning is that learners are more likely to repeat behaviors that are followed by rewards and learners are less likely to repeat behaviors that are not rewarded or that get punished.
What is Behaviorism?
To classify by one characteristic; all the red items in a box of crayons, markers, and colored pencils. This is typical of a child before they turn 6 or 7.
What is Centration?
Adapting our current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information; making new information change into new knowledge. They learn what a cow is.
What is Accommodation?
This theorist believes that children learn by observing others. It is important to be a good role model.
Who is Bandura?
Believed that human development is shaped by the two-way interactions between children and the various people and settings that make up their environments.
Who is Bronfenbrenner?
This theory focuses on the development of thought and logic allowing children to solve problems.
What is Cognitive ?
To arrange objects in a series, based on a dimension (lightest to darkest or small to large).
What is Seriation?
Counting each penny only one time.
What is 1:1 Correspondence?
This theorist proposed a way for parents and teachers to help children learn new skills and knowledge that was just beyond what they could do without help.
Who is Vygotsky?
This theorist focused on human needs. He believed that basic needs must be met before you can focus on additional needs.
Who is Maslow?
This theory demonstrates how development can't be taught. The processes children pass through are sequential but individual for each child.
What is Maturational?
Understanding that a given amount remains the same even if it changes shape; the amount of water is the same in the short fat glass and tall skinny glass. This is typically learned by 7 years old.
What is Conservation?
This is the main task of the sensorimotor stage- knowing that an object exists even when out of sight; child will try to find an object you hid behind your back.
What is Object Permanence?
This theorist believed that individuals move through a series of life crises. Successful completion of each stage relies on the individual's social relationships.
Who is Erikson?
He suggested that children's cognitive development moves through a series of stages dependent on the construction and organization of increasingly complex cognitive structures (schema). Learning occurs through the process of assimilating and accommodating new information.
Who is Piaget?
This theory focuses on the zone of proximal development- what a child can do alone vs with assistance.
What is Socio-Cultural?
Knowing that the last number counted represents the amount present; understands quantity.
What is Rational Counting?
Interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas; make new information fit current knowledge. All animals that are black and white are a dog since they have a black and white dog at home.
What is Assimilation?