Overview
Describes behavior as well as predicts future behavior.
What is a theory?
According to Freud, this portion of the mind which is often represented by an angel.
What is the superego?
Behaviorism is a theory of learning which focuses on behaviors that are ________.
What is observable? OR What is learned through conditioning?
This theory states that people learn from one another via observation, imitation and modeling.
What is social learning theory?
Piaget's theory has ___ stages.
What is four?
There are six steps in this method and the second step is background research.
What is the scientific method?
This type of theory focuses on how the conscious and unconscious portions of the self influence behavior and development.
What is psychoanalytic?
Ivan Pavlov's experiment which is the basis of what we call classic conditioning involved these three variables.
What is a dog, dog food and a bell.
This toy helped Bandura to demonstrate the power of witnessing violent behavior.
What is the Bobo doll?
According to Piaget, preschoolers would prefer a glass which is _____.
What is tall and thin? Explain why...
A person who observes children and writes detailed descriptions.
Who is a baby biographer?
This theorist believed that events in our childhood have a great influence on our adult lives and shape our personality.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
This American theorist conducted a classic experiment on Little Albert.
Who is John Watson?
Cognitive theory is the study of this.
What is the mind?
Bronfenbrenner worked on a national program to help children living in poor socioeconomic conditions to learn the skills needed to be successful in kindergarten.
What is Head Start?
The fifth step in this sis step process.
What is analysis is the scientific method.
His theory marked an important shift in thinking about personality. Instead of focusing simply on early childhood events, his theory spanned the entire lifespan.
Who is Erik Erikson?
When BF Skinner wanted to increase the likelihood that the rat pushed the lever to receive a food pellet.
What is reinforcement?
This Swiss psychologist developed a four stage theory which demonstrates that children think differently than adults. (Looking for the theorist and type of theory.)
What is Jean Piaget's Cognitive theory.
According to Bronfenbrenner, the immediate influences on child, such as his/her family, are part of this system.
What is the Microsystem?
This society was formed in 1933.
What is the Society for Research in Child Development?
If successful, this first stage of this eight-stage theory results in the development of the virtue of hope.
What is Erikson's trust vs mistrust?
When Pavlov's dogs drool at the sound of the bell it is called ___________.
What is a conditioned stimulus?
In Lev Vygotsky's theory there is a "sweet spot" where learning can be achieved with assistance.
What is the Zone of Proximal Development?
Mrs. Gallati is not only passionate about this topic but wants all her students to be as well!
What is child development?