Affective Theorists
The father of psychoanalysis
Who is Freud?
Who is McGraw?
This theorist explains the concept of "accommodation," such as recognizing that there is a difference between cows and dogs, even though they both have four legs.
Who is Piaget?
This theorist explains the relationship between a conditioned response to a conditioned stimulus.
Who is Pavlov?
According to this theorist, one aspect of older adulthood is "body transcendence vs. body preoccupation," or adjusting to one's changing body.
Who is Peck?
According to this theorist, moral behavior is considered to be a learned behavior.
Who is Kohlberg?
According to Gessell, what kinesiologic movement preceeds extension in development?
What is flexion?
Who is Vygotsky?
This theorist's work led to the development of Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA).
Who is Skinner?
Who is Havighurst?
According to this theorist, an infant learns to trust when they are comforted after crying.
Who is Erikson?
This childhood developmental theorist conducted developmental studies to establish norms for development.
Who is Gessell?
According to Vygotsky, this person is a person with greater skill, understanding, or expertise.
What is the more knowledgeable other?
According to Skinner, this occurs after the antecedent and before the consequence.
What is a behavior?
According to Atchley, this phase of retirement is marked by euphoria and changed routines.
What is the honeymoon phase?
What is self-actualization?
According to McGraw, children experience these phases, where a child is most receptive and learning can occur.
What are critical periods?
Vygotsky describes this concept, an area between what a child knows and what is unknown.
What is the zone of proximal development?
In Skinner's Theory of Operant Conditioning, this increases the likelihood that a behavior will re-occur.
What is reinforcement?
According to Atchley, this phase of retirement is marked by a decline.
What is terminal phase?
This theorist posits that mother and child bonding is important for future secure relationships.
Who is Bowlby?
This theorist is credited with establishing "neuromaturational theory," stating that children develop in the same sequence.
Piaget's theory explains this concept, that objects continue to exist, even when they cannot be seen.
What is object permanence?
This social learning theorist explains learning through observation and modeling.
Who is Bandura?
According to Peck, the goal of older adulthood is to maintain this, a productive sense of self.
What is generativity?