When I Was Little...
All the World's a
Stage
Who Dat?
This Theory Says...
Words Beginning with "A"
100

My mom stroked my cheek and I turned my head toward her because I had this infant reflex.

What is rooting?

100

A 2-7 year old child is unable to think from the perspective of someone else.

What is preoperational stage?
100

According to this psychologist, there are four stages to cognitive development.

Who is Jean Piaget?

100

we construct these which are concepts to organize information.

What are schemas?

100

This parenting style is characterized by firm but fair boundaries.

What is authoritative?

200

My grandma placed a dress up necklace around me neck for picture day. I played with the beads between my fingers because I had this motor skill.

What is fine motor skills?

200

Making moral choices based on rights and justice.

What is postconventional?

200

He taught us about crises through life; if unresolved, it will impact your future.

Who is Erik Erikson?

200

we all are shaped by the conflicts in our life.

What is psychosocial?

200

This is the goal of every 2-3 year old; to be competent and independent.

What is autonomy?

300

My mother used a visual cliff with a glass-covered drop-off to examine my crawling behavior as an infant. Even when coaxed by my mother to crawl out onto the glass covering, I refused to do so, indicating that I had developed what sensory ability?

What is depth perception?

300

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!

middle-late adulthood; positive outcome leads to satisfaction and accomplishment; negative outcome leads to self-absorption and boredom.

What is generativity v. stagnation?

300

He used a moral dilemma to create his theory.

Who is Lawrence Kohlberg?

300

Preconventional, conventional, and postconventional are all stages in this theory of development.

What is Kohlberg's moral development?

300

A cognitive ability that begins developing around age 11; enables you to solve for x.

What is abstract (reasoning)?

400

My dad saw me kick a ball, and climb up and down stairs at this age.

What is 2 years old?

400

Early adulthood; positive outcome leads to love and partnership; negative outcome leads to loneliness and promiscuity.

What is intimacy v. isolation?

400

Contact comfort was the primary basis of attachment found by this psychologists in a monkey experiment

Who is Harry Harlow?

400

teens often feel that someone is watching and judging them; leads to self-conscious behaviors.

What is imaginary audience?

400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!

Marie Ainsworth's research says this happens when a parent or main caretaker doesn't show care or responsiveness past providing essentials like food and shelter. 

What is avoidant attachment?

500

My uncle threw my stuffed dog toy out of sight. I looked around to find where it was. I had developed this cognitive ability.

What is object permanence?

500

We think about our world in terms of what we can see and touch.

What is sensorimotor?

500

This parenting style uses harsh punishment and unquestioning obedience.

Who is authoritarian?

500

A child who has mastered conservation is operating from this stage of Piaget's theory of cognitive development.

What is concrete operations?

500

Adapting our current understandings to incorporate new information.

What is accommodation?