Classical Theories Of Development Flashcards
The period when exposure MUST occur is called the ____ ____
Critical period
The period when a child is optimally sensitive is called the ____ ____
Sensitive period
Keeping genes pure by selective breeding:
Eugenics
The argument for why we change:
Nature vs Nurture
The argument for how we change:
Stage vs Continuous
Stage theory:
Start with nothing. Thinking essentially same throughout life. Progress through a sequence of very different stages
Continuous Theory:
The basic way in which you think alters drastically as you grow
John Locke assumed a ____ type of development, but believed that thinking was (same/different) throughout life. Famous for ____ ____
Continuous; same; Tabula rasa
Most classical theorists assumed we learned via a ____ type of development
Stage
Rousseau’s 4 stages of development. give definition of each
1) infancy - experience everything through senses
2) childhood - concrete thinking
3) later childhood - more advanced but still concrete
4) adolescence - abstract thought
Eugenics
Keeping genes pure by selective breeding
Wilhelm Preyer wrote the mind of the child. Famously looked at
The embryos of various mammals at early stages of development
Baldwin key argument
Circular reaction
Define circular reaction
Feedback creates more advanced actions (similar to Reinf’t)
Piaget synthesised approaches. He integrated ____ ____ and ____ to create ____ ____
Formal logic; biology; genetic epistemology
