Child Development Theorists UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Maria Montessori - Correct answers✔✔children build knowledge by actively participating in the
learning process; approach to learning which emphasizes active learning, independence, and
unique pacing
Jean Piaget - Correct answers✔✔How children think and learn develops through their senses and
surroundings (Environment);
4 Stages-Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete Operational, Formal Operational
Lev Vygotsky - Correct answers✔✔Theorist believed that children learned more by socializing
with older children and adults; greater influence on development is environment and skills are
limited at any given age
Erik Erikson - Correct answers✔✔model of development in psychosocial stages wherein
children must resolve a crisis or conflict to move on to the next stage. EX-trust vs.
mistrust/autonomy vs. doubt
B.F Skinner - Correct answers✔✔Behaviorist that developed the theory that children learn best
by memorizing facts, and being praised/rewarded for accomplishments; behavior is determined
by consequences
Urie Bronfenbrenner - Correct answers✔✔Developed the ecological systems theory; 4 Parts-
microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem; children develop within their closest
relationships and moving outward into other systems.
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Maria Montessori - Correct answers✔✔children build knowledge by actively participating in the
learning process; approach to learning which emphasizes active learning, independence, and
unique pacing
Jean Piaget - Correct answers✔✔How children think and learn develops through their senses and
surroundings (Environment);
4 Stages-Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete Operational, Formal Operational
Lev Vygotsky - Correct answers✔✔Theorist believed that children learned more by socializing
with older children and adults; greater influence on development is environment and skills are
limited at any given age
Erik Erikson - Correct answers✔✔model of development in psychosocial stages wherein
children must resolve a crisis or conflict to move on to the next stage. EX-trust vs.
mistrust/autonomy vs. doubt
B.F Skinner - Correct answers✔✔Behaviorist that developed the theory that children learn best
by memorizing facts, and being praised/rewarded for accomplishments; behavior is determined
by consequences
Urie Bronfenbrenner - Correct answers✔✔Developed the ecological systems theory; 4 Parts-
microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem; children develop within their closest
relationships and moving outward into other systems.
