Child Development Theorists
Parenting Styles & Galinsky
Family Structures
Communication & Conflict
Miscellaneous
100

This theorist created the stages of cognitive development which are broken into four stages: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete, and formal operation.

Jean Piaget

100

Which parenting style combines warmth with rules to let the children have some freedom and say in developing rules?

Authoritative

100

In this family structure, the family consists of two parents and their biological child(ren) living together.

Nuclear Family

100

The act of receiving messages and provides feedback to the speaker, indicating the message is understood. 

Active Listening

100

Who created the hierarchy of needs?

Maslow

200

This theorist created the psychosocial stages (which includes 8 total stages we go through in our life).

Erik Erikson

200

Which parenting style has the main objective of children being completely "obedient"?

Authoritarian

200

In this family structure, the family consists of a household that includes the parent(s), their child(ren), and other relatives such as: grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.

Extended Families

200

________________ is the sending of nonverbal messages through body movements.

Body Language

200

In this stage of the family life cycle, a family grows and you have one or more children as you learn to become a parent

Childbearing Stage

300

This theorist believed in the "attachment theory."

John Bowlby
300

This parenting style gives children almost no guidelines or rules to follow.

Permissive

300

This type of parent, lives separately from his or her children, but has legal responsibility to contribute financially toward a child's care.

Noncustodial Parent

300

When families solve conflicts together, this term is called __________________.

Conflict Resolution

300

In this stage of the family life cycle, a child transitions from adolescence to adulthood and prepares to leave the home

Launching Stage

400

This theorist believed in "multiple intelligences."

Howard Gardner

400

In Galinsky's stages of parenting, this stage is where parents create rules and figure out how to effectively guide their children's behaviors.

Stage 3: The Authority Stage

400

This type of family is where an adult(s) provides a temporary home for a child(ren) who cannot currently live with his or her birthparents.

Foster Families

400

This term refers to when families try to have effective communication and something gets in the way.

Barriers

400

In Galinsky's stages of parenting, this stage is when parents develop an attachment relationship with their child and adapt to having a new baby.

Stage 2: The Nurturing Stage

500

This theorist created the "nature vs. nurture" child development theory.

Arnold Gesell

500

In Galinsky's stages of parenting, this stage is where parents renegotiate their relationship with adolescent children to allow for shared power in decision-making.

Stage 5: The Interdependent Stage

500

Families who experience negative life events, such as divorce, abuse, etc., are considered to be called _______________ families.

Broken

500

This term is defined as the presence of disagreements, tensions, and active opposition between family members

Family Conflict

500

This style of parenting is where the parents desire to provide for and protect their children beyond what is in the best interest for their children.

Overparenting