Theorists & Developmental Theories
This theorist believed that early childhood experiences strongly shape personality development.
Who is Freud?
This brain part regulates fear and emotion.
What is the amygdala?
A disorder linked to alcohol exposure in the womb.
What is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder?
A securely attached child will do this when a caregiver returns after separation.
What is seek comfort or show excitement?
The grandmother’s frustration and sadness could be explained by this factor.
What is parental depression?
According to Erikson, this is the key task of adolescence.
What is identity formation?
The bridge between the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
What is the corpus callosum?
The inability to read or understand text at a certain age may indicate this.
What is a learning disability?
A child who avoids their caregiver after a return likely shows this attachment style.
What is insecure-avoidant attachment?
Michael's inappropriate behaviour and lack of latency stage development may relate to this concept.
What is a disrupted psychosexual stage (Freud)?
Piaget’s stage where children begin to understand reversibility and conservation.
What is the concrete operational stage?
This area of the brain undergoes major development during adolescence and is linked to decision-making.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
A child acting aggressively due to unmet emotional or physical needs might be experiencing this.
What is environmental deprivation?
This theory suggests early caregiver relationships shape future social and emotional behaviour.
What is attachment theory?
Amanda's stable behaviour and success in school may be the result of having this kind of adult relationship.
What is a secure base or secure attachment?
This theorist emphasized the Zone of Proximal Development and the role of social interaction in learning.
Who is Vygotsky?
This brain part plays a crucial role in memory formation.
What is the hippocampus?
When a child doesn't grow as expected and lacks proper nutrition and nurturing.
What is failure to thrive?
This experiment tested how babies respond when a caregiver stops engaging with them.
What is the Still Face Experiment?
Matteo's violent outbursts and learning avoidance can be explained using this concept.
What is self-concept or defence mechanisms?
According to Kohlberg, this level of moral development is guided by avoiding punishment and seeking rewards.
What is preconventional morality?
Repeated experience strengthens neural connections in this developmental concept.
What is brain hard wiring?
This term describes a child who is overly friendly with strangers and lacks stranger wariness.
What is indiscriminate friendliness?
This part of the brain is especially sensitive to stress in early childhood and can be impacted by trauma.
What is the limbic system?
The entire family's situation can be analyzed using this ecological systems theory.
What is Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory?