Piaget
Vygotsky
Vocab
Theories
Theories 2
200

Elementary; logical thought, hands-on experience, sorting, classifying, conservation

What is the concrete operational stage?

200

The place where the most sensitive instruction or guidance should be given. It is the link between what we can do and what we can't do.

What is the ZPD?

200

Live models, direct instruction, and symbolic instruction

What are Bandura's 3 types of modeling?

200

Schema, adaptation, learn from interaction with peers and environment, learn from experience

Piaget's theory of cognitive development

200

Moral development takes place in stages

What is Kohlberg's theory of moral development?

400

Middle school/High school; abstract thought, higher-order thinking, reasoning, critical thinking, hypothesize, problem-solving

What is the formal operational stage?

400

An instructional technique in which a teacher provides individualized support by incrementally improving a learner’s ability to build on prior knowledge

What is scaffolding?
400

A response is increased or decreased due to reinforcement or punishment

What is operant conditioning?

400

Intelligence consists of several abilities and talents that are independent and unrelated to each other

What is multiple intelligence theory?

400

Gender might influence ethical development

What is Gillian's theory of moral development?

600

Preschool/Kindergarten; prelogical thought, play/pretend, ALL ABOUT ME, focus on one thing at a time

What is the preoperational stage?

600

Someone who has a better understanding or a higher ability level than the learner.

What is the MKO?

600

Imitating, prompting, and sharing

What are Skinner's 3 language processes?

600

Children learn to use language because of an innate capacity for language and communication; they do not need to be explicitly taught but, rather, pick it up instinctively

What is Chomsky's theory of language development?

600

Sociocultural theory that emphasized the important role of social interactions in the development of children's cognition.

What is Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development?

800

Birth-2 years; learn through movement/sense; object permanence

What is the sensorimotor stage?

800

Language develops through social interactions

What is Vygotsky's language development theory?

800

Child's growth & development are influenced by both their environment and genes in sequential order

What is Gesell's maturational theory?

800

Language use is conditioned or influenced by the responses you receive from others around you

What is Skinner's theory of language development?

800

Learning occurs through observation and modeling

What is Bandura's social learning theory?

1000


Categories of knowledge that help us to interpret and understand the world. An organized pattern of behavior or thought.

What is schema?
1000

Explaining, giving examples, asking leading questions

What are Vygotsky techniques?

1000

A general intelligence factor is the basis of all cognitive processes and performance

What is Spearman's G factor?

1000

States that because most children acquire and use language in a consistent way, there is a common structure or grammar within language

What is Chomsky's universal grammar theory?

1000

8 stages of identity development where people are motivated by the need to achieve competence in certain areas of their lives

What is Erickson's theory of psychosocial development?