Child Development Psychology Exam 1
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
three grand theories - Correct answers✔✔psychoanalytic, behaviorism, and cognitive theory
psychoanalytic theory - Correct answers✔✔Freud; irrational, unconscious drives and motives,
often originating in childhood, underlies all human behavior
behaviorism theory - Correct answers✔✔Watson; all behavior is learned, strongly rooted in
verifiable data with controlled experiments
cognitive theory - Correct answers✔✔Piaget; focuses on changes in how people think over time
Freud's stages of development - Correct answers✔✔1) oral 2) anal 3) phallic 4)latency 5) genital
Erikson's stages of development - Correct answers✔✔1) trust vs. mistrust 2) autonomy vs.
shame 3) initiative vs. guilt 4) industry vs. inferiority 5) identity vs. identity diffusion 6) intimacy
vs. isolation 7) generatively vs. self-absorption 8) integrity vs. despair
classical conditioning - Correct answers✔✔neutral stimulus +meaningful stimuli + repeated
application = neutral stimulus -> involuntary response
operant conditioning - Correct answers✔✔reinforcing or punishing voluntary behaviors
, reinforcement - Correct answers✔✔behavior is followed by something desired to increase
behavior
punishment - Correct answers✔✔behavior is followed by something unwanted to decrease
behavior
positive (in regards to reinforcement or punishment) - Correct answers✔✔adding something
negative (in regards to reinforcement or punishment) - Correct answers✔✔taking something
away
social learning theory - Correct answers✔✔emphasis on the influence that other people have on
anothers behavior
modeling - Correct answers✔✔a person observes the behavior of others and then copies
BoBo doll experiment - Correct answers✔✔example of modeling, shows that aggression is
learned
Piaget's four stages of cognitive development - Correct answers✔✔1) sensorimotor stage 2) pre
operational stage 3) concrete operational stage 4) formal operational stage
sensorimotor stage (Piaget) - Correct answers✔✔interaction with environment, object
permanence
pre operational stage (Piaget) - Correct answers✔✔representing the world symbolically, pretend
play
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
three grand theories - Correct answers✔✔psychoanalytic, behaviorism, and cognitive theory
psychoanalytic theory - Correct answers✔✔Freud; irrational, unconscious drives and motives,
often originating in childhood, underlies all human behavior
behaviorism theory - Correct answers✔✔Watson; all behavior is learned, strongly rooted in
verifiable data with controlled experiments
cognitive theory - Correct answers✔✔Piaget; focuses on changes in how people think over time
Freud's stages of development - Correct answers✔✔1) oral 2) anal 3) phallic 4)latency 5) genital
Erikson's stages of development - Correct answers✔✔1) trust vs. mistrust 2) autonomy vs.
shame 3) initiative vs. guilt 4) industry vs. inferiority 5) identity vs. identity diffusion 6) intimacy
vs. isolation 7) generatively vs. self-absorption 8) integrity vs. despair
classical conditioning - Correct answers✔✔neutral stimulus +meaningful stimuli + repeated
application = neutral stimulus -> involuntary response
operant conditioning - Correct answers✔✔reinforcing or punishing voluntary behaviors
, reinforcement - Correct answers✔✔behavior is followed by something desired to increase
behavior
punishment - Correct answers✔✔behavior is followed by something unwanted to decrease
behavior
positive (in regards to reinforcement or punishment) - Correct answers✔✔adding something
negative (in regards to reinforcement or punishment) - Correct answers✔✔taking something
away
social learning theory - Correct answers✔✔emphasis on the influence that other people have on
anothers behavior
modeling - Correct answers✔✔a person observes the behavior of others and then copies
BoBo doll experiment - Correct answers✔✔example of modeling, shows that aggression is
learned
Piaget's four stages of cognitive development - Correct answers✔✔1) sensorimotor stage 2) pre
operational stage 3) concrete operational stage 4) formal operational stage
sensorimotor stage (Piaget) - Correct answers✔✔interaction with environment, object
permanence
pre operational stage (Piaget) - Correct answers✔✔representing the world symbolically, pretend
play
