Theorists
True or False: All theories developed by the many theorists we've discussed are all true and based on cold hard facts.
FALSE
An agent or factor that impacts the development of the child within a mother's womb.
What is a teratogen?
The lobe that is at work when you touch something that is hot on the stovetop.
What is the parietal lobe?
Between the two, are there more domesticated dogs or cats in the world?
Dogs!
This psychosexual theorist developed the Oedipus Complex, where he thought that boys wanted to kill their dads, so that they could fall in love with their moms.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
The two fancy terms for large physical movements and smaller, more precise physical movements.
What are gross and fine motor skills?
The name of the millions of tiny messengers that connect to transmit messages from your brain to your body.
What are neurons?
The official animal of Scotland.
What is a unicorn?
This cognitive theorist saw children developing cognitively in 4 main stages. He saw children as little scientists and created little tests to see if they understood other's points of views and conservation.
Who is Jean Piaget?
The effect that puts congruent and incongruent stimuli against each other, delaying the brain's reaction time. (Hint: the colored word speed reading test)
What is the Stroop Test?
Phineas Gage was struck through this section of the brain with a metal rod, which changed his personality and thinking afterward.
What is the frontal lobe?
The pop group who had members including, sporty, ginger, scary, posh and baby.
What is the Spice girls?
This physical development theorist studied the concepts of reflexes and how babies are born with them. (Hint: the only female theorist we have seen so far)
Who is Esther Thelen?
Children are born with this disability, due to their mother's having consumed alcohol during their pregnancy.
What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?
Known as "Little Brain", this part of the brain deals with motor function and balance.
What is the cerebellum?
This singer belted out the lyrics to "My Heart Will Go On" for the movie Titanic
Who is Celine Dion?
The name of the experiment ran by Albert Bandura to see if social observation by children existed and to what extent. (Hint: The experiment involved parents doing something violent in a room)
What is the Bobo Doll experiment?
The number of brain cells that babies are born with that are unconnected.
What is 100 BILLION brain cells?
The term for as your brain develops and unused synaptic connections die out.
What is synaptic pruning?
The name of the Greek Goddess of love.
Who is Aphrodite?