Psychologists
This famous psychologist is known for his theories regarding the importance of play as a child.
Who is Jean Piaget?
During which years does self-esteem typically decrease, as social comparison increases?
What are the school years?
This type of parenting involves high communication but little control and discipline.
What is permissive parenting?
This is the most common form of active play. It was first noticed in young monkeys who would often chase, attack, and roll over one another.
What is rough-and-tumble play?
This concept describes a repetitive sequence of thoughts and actions that no longer requires conscious thought.
What is automatization?
This developmental psychologist is associated with the psychoanalytic theory of gender development.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
This federal program was established in the 1960s to allow children to begin their schooling early, in the belief that it would enhance their health and cognitive abilities.
What is the "Head Start" program?
This parenting style is known for being the best type.
What is authoritative?
This type of play involves children acting out various roles and themes that they create. Often know as "pretend."
What is sociodramatic play?
This principle states that the amount of a substance remains the same even when its appearance changes.
What is conservation?
This psychologist stressed the social contexts of learning.
Who is Vygotsky?
This strategy is used to deliver all instruction of school subjects in a secondary language that a child is actively learning.
What is immersion?
This phenomenon occurs when a child acts more like the parent than like the child. It usually happens if the parents do not perform as caregivers.
What is parentification?
A form of play in which children play in similar ways, but not together.
What is parallel play?
This concept describes a range of skills the learner can perform with assistance, but not independently.
What is the zone of proximal development?
This lesser-known psychologist contributed heavily to important research on parenting styles.
Who is Diana Baumrind?
These five things are needed by school-age children, specifically from their family.
What are physical necessities, learning, pride, pair relationships, and harmony & stablility.
These four styles outline the four different parenting styles.
What are authoritarian, permissive, authoritative, and neglectful?
This is the key feature you need to look out for to distinguish between rough-and-tumble play and aggressive play.
What is playful expression on the child's face?
This concept is considered to be a grid-like structure in a child's mind that allows them to easily sort new vocabulary into categories of things they already know.
What is fast-mapping?
This theorist developed eight stages for how children view themselves and their ability to master skills. (HINT: he coined the phrase "identity crisis)
Who is Erik Erikson?
These four aspects make up what is known as the "hidden curriculum."
What are school structures, teacher expectations, discipline strategies, and teacher demographics?
These are the several known alternatives to spanking.
What are psychological control, time out, induction?
These three social skills develop as children engage in cooperative play.
What are emotion regulation, teamwork, and impulse control?
This is the ability to regulate one's emotions and actions through effort, not simply through natural inclination. (HINT: this was demonstrated in Walter Mischel's Marshmallow test).
What is effortful control?