ASWB Advanced Generalist Questions
and Answers.
Gender Development -Psychoanalytic Theory -
\Freud- oedipal complex + jung penis envy- blames mom, seeks to replace penis with
pregnancy
Social learning theory -
\Gender is learned through nurture of parents' reinforcment of appropriate gender
imitation
Piaget child development -
\1: sensorimotor
2: preoperational
3: concrete operations
4: formal operations
Sensorimotor -
\Age 0-2, object permanence; understand only through senses
Preoperational -
\Ages 2-7; Egocentric, dont understand conservation
Concrete -
\Understand numbers
Formal -
\Abstract thought
Personality Theory -
\Erich Fromm; 1: order of freedom with basic needs met 2: order of freedom with
personal fulfillment in love and work
Socio-cultural theory of cognitive development -
\Lev Vygotsky; (opposite Piaget) children learn through social interaction. Intelligence
directly related to amount of social skill.
Ecological systems theory -
\Urie bronfebrenner; microsystem (direct impact) + mesosystem(indirect impact) + exo
system (things outside of your control) + macrosystem (beliefs and laws) = personality
Social identity theory -
\Henri tajfel
and Answers.
Gender Development -Psychoanalytic Theory -
\Freud- oedipal complex + jung penis envy- blames mom, seeks to replace penis with
pregnancy
Social learning theory -
\Gender is learned through nurture of parents' reinforcment of appropriate gender
imitation
Piaget child development -
\1: sensorimotor
2: preoperational
3: concrete operations
4: formal operations
Sensorimotor -
\Age 0-2, object permanence; understand only through senses
Preoperational -
\Ages 2-7; Egocentric, dont understand conservation
Concrete -
\Understand numbers
Formal -
\Abstract thought
Personality Theory -
\Erich Fromm; 1: order of freedom with basic needs met 2: order of freedom with
personal fulfillment in love and work
Socio-cultural theory of cognitive development -
\Lev Vygotsky; (opposite Piaget) children learn through social interaction. Intelligence
directly related to amount of social skill.
Ecological systems theory -
\Urie bronfebrenner; microsystem (direct impact) + mesosystem(indirect impact) + exo
system (things outside of your control) + macrosystem (beliefs and laws) = personality
Social identity theory -
\Henri tajfel
