Types of Development
Theories & Research
Theorists
Stages of Development
Principles of Human Dev.
100

The changes in size, body composition, chemical make-up, and height that occur as humans develop from birth to adulthood.

Physical Development

100

In Kohlberg's first level of moral development, people make decisions based on what?

Punishment or Reward

100

He believed that what happens in early life affects a person for years to come.

Sigmund Freud

100

Babies in this stage of cognitive development begin to learn with their mouths and other senses.

Sensorimotor

100

Development occurs in an __________ manner. For example, children learn their alphabet before they can read.

orderly

200

These motor skills involve large muscle movements such as crawling, walking, and jumping.

Gross-motor skills.

200

This type of research gathering (data collection) method occurs when a researcher has a prepared set of questions to ask the subject and engages in direct communication.

Interview

200

He labeled the adolescence state of psychosocial development Identity vs Identity Confusion.

Erik Erikson

200

In this Erikson's stage of psychosocial development, caregivers must meet their baby's needs including food, attention, physical contact, and safety.

Trust vs Mistrust

200

Human development is orderly, __________, and interrelated. In fact, some changes take years to complete.

gradual

300

These motor-skills involve small muscle movements such as cutting with scissors.

Fine motor-skills.

300

Laboratory setting and Natural setting or two types of this research gathering (data collection) method.

Observation

300

He recognized that children don't think like adults. When children think the moon is following them or that babies are delivered at the front door, their beliefs make sense to them based on their limited experiences.

Piaget

300

In this stage of cognitive development, individuals become more logical and can process abstract thoughts. 

Formal Operational

300

Although development is orderly and predictable, the outcomes and rate of development vary by individual based on these two factors.

Heredity and Environment.

400

This type of development refers to changes in the way a person's relationships, feelings, and ways of coping change over time.

Socio-emotional Development

400
Sometimes researchers want to know whether or not data changes over time. In this method, individuals are observed over a period of time.

Longitudinal Studies

400

Demonstrated the idea of behaviorism through his infamous experiment with a dog.

Ivan Pavlov

400

Ideas about how people process information, think, and learn are called _________ theories.

cognitive

400

The debate between genetic versus environmental influences on development is often called ________ vs _________.

Nature vs. Nurture

500

Part of _____________ development is the advance and expansion of the use of language.

Cognitive

500

_________-__________ studies are conducted when researchers want to compare groups of various age at the same time.

Cross-sectional

500

Researcher who believed that children are social beings and develop their minds through interactions with parents, teachers, and other knowledgeable people.

Vygotsky

500

_____________ believe that nurture wins the nature vs. nurture debate because they believe that people's behavior is determined by forces in the environment.

Behaviorists or Behaviorism

500

The teacher or parent-directed method of learning is often referred to as ___________.

pedagogy