Theories
Erikson
Piaget
The Brain
Odds and Ends
100

This is a debate about whether human development is shaped more by genetic influences or environment

Nature vs Nurture

100

In this stage, the person learns around their basic needs being met

Trust vs Mistrust

100

A mental template, or category of knowledge, that people develop to help understand the world

Schema

100

After this age, you are less likely to pick up on foreign languages quickly. Though not impossible, it will be much harder.

13

100

Type of attachment in which the child may appear fearful of the caregiver, behaviors can follow an odd pattern

Disorganized 

200

This age-related theorist says that your behaviors are driven by unconscious thoughts mitigated by your Id, Ego, and Superego 

Freud

200

This stage focuses on the question, "who am I?"

Identity vs Role Confusion

200

New information, that does not fit current schemas, must be this ____. The process by which a person makes something work with their current knowledge.

Accommodation

200

How many neurons is a person born with

85 Billion - 100 Billion

200

This parenting style is high on affection but has no real boundaries or rules 

Permissive

300

These THREE theorist experimented with dogs, a small children, and monkeys - accidentally contributing to the science of human development.

Pavlov, Watson, and Harlow

300

In this stage, the individual aims to gain independence - even with tasks they have not yet mastered

Autonomy vs shame and doubt

300

This stage focuses on learning object permanence, the development of curiosity, and a basis of knowledge about what one can vs cannot control in their environment. 

Sensorimotor

300

The myelination provides what on what part of the brain 

Insulation to the axon

300

Marcia says that a person who has made a commitment to an identity WITHOUT having done any exploration is in this category of identity development

Foreclosure

400

This theorist said that even behavioral sciences can have social learning components and he demonstrated so with his experiment on BoBo Dolls

Bandura

400

This stage is all about trying new activities, often involving peers for the first time

Initiative vs Guilt

400

This stage involves thinking logically about cause and effect, time, and quantity. 

Concrete Operational

400

This part of the brain (limbic system) is responsible for kick starting puberty

Hypothalamus

400

We measure popularity by comparing two traits, what are they?

Likability and visibility

500
This socio-cultural theorist says that learning is a life-long process that involves interaction, scaffolding, modeling, and play - though learning is best when it occurs within a zone of proximal development

Vygotski

500

A busy time in life, this is when a person builds self-confidence and competency in athletics, academics, and social skills

Industry vs Inferiority

500

This component of Piaget's theories exists in both the pre-operational stage and then makes a comeback in formal operational stage, when a person searches for themselves inwardly. 

Egocentrism 

500

This structure in the brain has a growth spurt between 3-6, again in the teen years, and finally finishes growth around age 25. It's function is to connect the two hemispheres to better coordinate tasks like communication, sensory/motor information, support higher-level cognitive functions, and improve physical movements.

Corpus callosum

500

What is at the center of Bronfenbrenner's Ecological System's Theory?

The child

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