Guess the Theorist
His psychosocial theory focuses on key "conflicts" that occur at specific stages in life.
Who is Erik Erikson
In Greek it means "to create a monster," and in reality, it is anything that can harm a child during a critical period.
What is a teratogen?
Harry Harlow and Mary Ainsworth studied this, the close emotional relationship between parents and their baby
What is attachment?
Erikson argues that adults in their mid to late 20s are experiencing a crisis revolving around this.
What is Stage 6: intimacy vs. isolation
A baby who experienced inconsistent parenting and little emotional nurturing while in the neonate stage will most likely fail this stage.
What is stage 1: trust vs. mistrust
Her work on attachment styles demonstrated that 66% of infants demonstrated a secure attachment to their parents.
Who is Mary Ainsworth?
An infant cries when his mother leaves the room, this type of separation anxiety comes from a lack of this.
What is object permanence?
Around year 1, babies begin to use these types of 1-word-phrases to convey meaning.
What are Holophrases?
Around 50 women experience this, which means they can longer reproduce.
What is menopause?
Stage 5: Identity vs. Role Confusion.
Her research on Parenting Styles demonstrated that authoritative parenting was the most successful.
Who is Diana Baumrind?
This term describes why you have no recollection of your second birthday.
What is infantile amnesia?
Later in life people can suffer from this form of memory loss, often as a result of a stroke, traumatic brain injury or tumor.
What is dementia?
Warner Schaie theorized that as you aged your fluid intelligence lessened while this increased.
What is crystalized intelligence?
Your mother learns an embarrassing story about you from one of your friends and as a result you've lost your curfew privileges
What is the Mesosystem?
He argued for the appearance of "Critical Periods" in language development.
Who is Noam Chomsky?
Infants apply grammatical rules without making appropriate exceptions such as (I eated it).
What is overgeneralization?
Psychoanalysts (like Freud) argue that personality traits developed within the first 5 years of life will predict adult traits, favoring this side of a psychological debate.
What is stability (Stability vs. Change)?
This process explains why and how your brain "fine-tunes" neural networks, strengthening some while allowing others to wither away
What is Pruning?
Inability to complete basic tasks (like dressing oneself or making choices) shows a failure of this stage.
What is stage 2: Autonomy vs. Shame and doubt?
His research on the importance of scaffolding in learning forms a core basis for most modern educational theories.
Who is Lev Vygotsky?
Reflexes like the Moro or Babinski reflex are considered most likely to be...
What are Evolutionary Holdovers?
When Paul struck out during kickball, he got red in the face, discouraged and stopped playing. Later when his coach asked him why he said it was because "everyone watched me strike out," even though no one was watching.
What is the imaginary audience?
It's the average life expectancy in the USA.
What is 77-78 years?
Explains how specific historical events impact and intersect with your life.
What is the Chronosystem?