PSYC290N EXAM 1 Week 3
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Jean Piaget was a - Answer: Swiss developmental psychologist,
primarly concerned with cognitive development in childhood
,Piaget noticed - Answer: Experience with the physical world played a
role in the child's development
sensorimotor stage - Answer: in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth
to nearly 2 years of age) during which infants know the world mostly in
terms of their sensory impressions and motor activities
preoperational stage - Answer: in Piaget's theory, the stage (from
about 2 to 7 years of age) during which a child are developing some
higher-level thoughts but their thinking has many characteristic flaws.
concrete operational stage - Answer: in Piaget's theory, the stage of
cognitive development (from about 7 to 11 years of age) a child's
reasoning becomes more logical and concrete, yet they lack many
abilities when it comes to abstract ideas.
formal operational stage - Answer: in Piaget's theory, the stage of
cognitive development (after the age 12) the child's thinking develops
well enough to engage in abstract thought and metacognition
( thoughts about their own thoughts)
Lev Vygotsky - Answer: -born in Belarus
-died at a young age due to tuberculosis
, -work didn't get recognization until many years after his death
-understanding of a child's cognitive development
zone of proximal development - Answer: The distance between what a
child can do on their own and what they can do with some help from
another
socialcultural theory - Answer: Vygotsky's theory, focus on language
and social interaction
-cognitive theory
B.F. Skinner - Answer: American psychologist primarily known for his
research on operant conditioning
Reinforcement and punishment - Answer: Part of B.F. Skinners operant
conditioning theory ( the theory of operant conditioning)
John Bowlby - Answer: - a British psychologist and psychiatrist
-interested in the bonds formed between children and their caregivers
-attachment theory
-bonds formed based on safety and security
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Jean Piaget was a - Answer: Swiss developmental psychologist,
primarly concerned with cognitive development in childhood
,Piaget noticed - Answer: Experience with the physical world played a
role in the child's development
sensorimotor stage - Answer: in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth
to nearly 2 years of age) during which infants know the world mostly in
terms of their sensory impressions and motor activities
preoperational stage - Answer: in Piaget's theory, the stage (from
about 2 to 7 years of age) during which a child are developing some
higher-level thoughts but their thinking has many characteristic flaws.
concrete operational stage - Answer: in Piaget's theory, the stage of
cognitive development (from about 7 to 11 years of age) a child's
reasoning becomes more logical and concrete, yet they lack many
abilities when it comes to abstract ideas.
formal operational stage - Answer: in Piaget's theory, the stage of
cognitive development (after the age 12) the child's thinking develops
well enough to engage in abstract thought and metacognition
( thoughts about their own thoughts)
Lev Vygotsky - Answer: -born in Belarus
-died at a young age due to tuberculosis
, -work didn't get recognization until many years after his death
-understanding of a child's cognitive development
zone of proximal development - Answer: The distance between what a
child can do on their own and what they can do with some help from
another
socialcultural theory - Answer: Vygotsky's theory, focus on language
and social interaction
-cognitive theory
B.F. Skinner - Answer: American psychologist primarily known for his
research on operant conditioning
Reinforcement and punishment - Answer: Part of B.F. Skinners operant
conditioning theory ( the theory of operant conditioning)
John Bowlby - Answer: - a British psychologist and psychiatrist
-interested in the bonds formed between children and their caregivers
-attachment theory
-bonds formed based on safety and security
