Theories
This developmental psychologist is famous for his theory of cognitive development, which includes stages like the sensorimotor and formal operational stages.
Who is Jean Piaget
This psychologist is known for the concept of "operant conditioning."
Who is B.F. Skinner?
Child care professionals may spot ____________ issues before the parents do.
What is Developmental?
Maslow developed a _____ needs.
What is Hierarchy?
According to Person-Centered Theory, this is the key to personal growth and self-actualization.
What is a therapeutic relationship?
This theory emphasizes the importance of relationships and the "zones of proximal development," focusing on how children learn through social interactions.
What is Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory?
This theorist introduced the idea of "unconditional positive regard" in child-centered care.
Who is Carl Rogers?
Care and the __________ can support or hinder development.
What is Environment?
Maslow’s hierarchy has ____ levels, is pictured as a pyramid and goes from bottom to top.
What is Five?
This theory challenges the ways in which race and racism influence the legal system, focusing on the lived experiences of marginalized groups.
What is Critical Race Theory?
This ecological model describes how various systems, from the microsystem to the macrosystem, influence child development.
What is Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory?
He created the Ecological Systems Theory
Urie Bronfenbrenner
This brain area is often overactivated in children exposed to trauma.
What is the amygdala?
Erik Erikson developed 8 _____ stages through which humans develop during their lifetimes.
What is Psychosocial?
This term, central to feminist theory, emphasizes the way power dynamics and gender inequalities shape society.
What is patriarchy?
Bowlby’s theory emphasizing the importance of a secure bond between a child and caregiver is called this.
What is Attachment Theory?
The theorist known for moral development stages like pre-conventional, conventional, and post-conventional.
Who is Lawrence Kohlberg?
The term for a caregiver's ability to respond appropriately to a child’s needs.
What is attunement?
Erikson describes emotional development as a series of eight stages, called _____, which must be “resolved” before proceeding to the next conflict.
What is Conflicts?
This attachment style, as defined in Attachment Theory, is characterized by avoidance of intimacy and emotional distance.
What is avoidant attachment?
Lev Vygotsky introduced this concept, which refers to the support provided to help a child reach the next stage of development.
What is Scaffolding?
This psychologist’s work on stress introduced the concept of "fight, flight, or freeze."
Who is Walter Cannon?
This parenting style is most likely to foster secure attachment in children.
What is authoritative parenting?
This influential feminist theorist is known for her work in radical feminism and advocating for the liberation of women from all societal constraints.
Who is bell hooks?
This key concept in Piaget’s theory refers to the idea that objects continue to exist even when they are not seen or heard.
What is object permanence?