QUESTIONS ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY RESOURCE
●● Pre-operational Stage (Piaget)
Answer: from 2 years to 7 years, development of language, memory, and
imagination (symbolically)
●● Concrete Operational Stage (Piaget)
Answer: from 7 years to 11 years, logical thinking
●● Formal Operational Stage (Piaget)
Answer: adolescence to adulthood, abstract thoughts
●● Physical Development
Answer: a developmental process that refers to the physical growth of a
person's body
●● Cognitive Development
Answer: the development of thinking, problem solving, and memory
●● Piaget's Theory
, Answer: Theory stating that children actively construct their
understanding of the world and go through four stages of cognitive
development.
●● Vygotsky's Theory
Answer: A sociocultural cognitive theory that emphasizes how culture
and social interaction guide cognitive development.
●● Erikson's Theory
Answer: Theory that proposes eight stages of human development. Each
stage consists of a unique developmental task that confronts individuals
with a crisis that must be resolved.
●● Trust versus Mistrust
(Erikson)
Answer: Infants learn basic trust if the world is a secure place where
their basic needs are met
●● Autonomy versus Shame and Doubt (Erikson)
Answer: Erikson's second crisis of psychosocial development. Toddlers
either succeed or fail in gaining a sense of self-rule over their actions
and their bodies.
●● Initiative versus Guilt (Erikson)