Child Theories Of Development

Question 1

Piaget’s stages

Answer 1

Psychological

Focus on interax c environment
Organization
Adaptation - assimilation, accommodation

Question 2

Piaget: sensorimotor

Answer 2

1-2 years

Concerned with the here and now, developing object permanence, and discovering new ways to play with toys

Question 3

Piaget: pre-operational

Answer 3

2-7 years

Imaginative and symbolic play
Uni-dimensional thinking

Question 4

Piaget: concrete operational

Answer 4

7-13 years

Logical sequencing
Able to see things from other points of view

Question 5

Piaget: formal operational

Answer 5

13 years

Hypothetico-deductive thinking
Understanding of interactions

Question 6

Perceptual Cognitive

Answer 6

Psychological

Perception guides action
Information processing
Environmental affordance

Question 7

Environmental affordance

Answer 7

Perceptual Cognitive

Interacting c environment and watching to see what happens

Question 8

Skinner’s Behavioral Theory

Answer 8

Sociocultural

Conditioning and reinforcement
Nurture side of the debate
All behavior is learned

***Positive reinforcement - sticker charts

Question 9

Social Learning Terms

Answer 9

Sociocultural

Temperament - self-regulation and emotion (easy, difficult, slow to warm up)

Attachment - relationship c caregiver

• Secure - good, happy to see again
• Anxious - cold shoulder when they return
• Resistant - upset the whole time
• Disorganized - don’t acknowledge any attachment

Question 10

Development of play

Answer 10

All domains

Solitary
Onlooker
Parallel (1 year)
Associative (1-2 years) might share
Cooperative (2-4 years)
Symbolic (>4 years) social roles taken on

Question 11

Maturationist

Answer 11

Biophysical

CNS maturation is the primary determinant of motor behavior
Dependent on genetics alone
Experience plays NO ROLE