PSYC290N EXAM 1QUESTIONS WITH THEIR ONLY ANSWERS. 100%
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1. Jean Piaget was a: Swiss developmental psychologist, primarly concerned with cognitive
development in childhood
2. Piaget noticed: Experience with the physical world played a role in the child's development
3. sensorimotor stage: 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
4. preoperational stage: 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.
5. concrete operational stage: 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.
6. formal operational stage: 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 abou
their own thoughts)
7. Lev Vygotsky: -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
8. zone of proximal development: The distance between what a child can eir own and
do on th they can do with some help from another what
9. socialcultural theory: Vygotsky's theory, focus on language and social interaction
-cognitive theory
10. B.F. Skinner: American psychologist primarily known for his research on operant
conditioning
11. Reinforcement and punishment: Part of B.F. Skinners operant conditioning theory (
the theory of
operant conditioning)
12. John Bowlby: - a British psychologist and psychiatrist
-interested in the bonds formed between children and their caregivers
-attachment theory
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-bonds formed based on safety and security
13. longitudinal study: - most often used by developmental psychologists to study
-measure variables over an extended length of time
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CORRECT
1. Jean Piaget was a: Swiss developmental psychologist, primarly concerned with cognitive
development in childhood
2. Piaget noticed: Experience with the physical world played a role in the child's development
3. sensorimotor stage: 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
4. preoperational stage: 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.
5. concrete operational stage: 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.
6. formal operational stage: 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 abou
their own thoughts)
7. Lev Vygotsky: -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
8. zone of proximal development: The distance between what a child can eir own and
do on th they can do with some help from another what
9. socialcultural theory: Vygotsky's theory, focus on language and social interaction
-cognitive theory
10. B.F. Skinner: American psychologist primarily known for his research on operant
conditioning
11. Reinforcement and punishment: Part of B.F. Skinners operant conditioning theory (
the theory of
operant conditioning)
12. John Bowlby: - a British psychologist and psychiatrist
-interested in the bonds formed between children and their caregivers
-attachment theory
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, PSYC290N EXAM 1QUESTIONS WITH THEIR ONLY ANSWERS. 100%
CORRECT
-bonds formed based on safety and security
13. longitudinal study: - most often used by developmental psychologists to study
-measure variables over an extended length of time
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