Stage Theorists
Other Theorists
Dr. Russo Sayings
Vocabulary
Misc.
100

Kohlberg is known for his theory of

Moral development

100

he rejected the Doctrine of Innate Ideas and instead favored the idea that humans were a “tabula rasa” (blank slate)

Locke

100

We have to meet the child…

where they are at!

100

The child’s development from within, through the genes

Maturation

100

Skipping is an example of a _____ motor skill

Gross
200

True or False: The stages in which children develop differ depending on the child.

False! 

200

The Jim and Dwight video is a great demonstration of the ideas set forth by _____

Pavlov

200

There’s only two kinds of people in this world…

those with issues and the dead!

200

A group that believed a child is a fully formed adult right at conception

Preformationists

200

The first step in the scientific method

Hypothesis

300

True or False: Children can display characteristics of more than one stage at a time. 

True!

300

he studied goslings and introduced the theory of imprinting

Lorenz

300

In a Montessori classroom, the teacher would be a “_____ on the ______” rather than a “______ on the _____”

”guide on the side” rather than a “sage on the stage”

300

Head-to-foot development

cephalocaudal

300

Bowlby‘s work followed that of 

Lorenz

400

The terms assimilation and accommodation come from this theorist

Piaget

400

Name all 3 of Mary Ainsworth’s patterns of attachment

Securely attached, Insecure-Avoidant, or Insecure-Ambivalent

400

Russo’s model of how control is slowly released to the child as it grows and develops 

Carpeted Cattle Chute/Gradual Release Model

400

How genes remain dormant until external stimuli awaken them

Epigenetics

400

“Identical” twins are more formally called

Monozygotic

500

Name all 4 of Piaget’s developmental stages in order

Sensorimotor, Pre-Operational, Concrete Operations, Formal Operations

500

Name all 4 parenting styles 

Authoritative, Authoritarian, Permissive, Uninvolved

500

Name all 3 parts of the dialectical 

Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis

500

Being able to hold two aspects of a problem in mind at the same time

De-centering

500

The tendency of our minds to fill in the blanks can cause us to seek a complete…

Gestalt