Crossword Puzzle - Child Development Theory

Question 1

Information that is based on concrete evidence and does not judge

Answer 1

Objective

Question 2

In Concrete Operations, children are limited to by their concrete thinking and are unable to engage in _____

Answer 2

Abstract

Question 3

An individual who bites their nails may have developed a _____ by not successfully satisfying their needs in the Oral Stage.

Answer 3

Fixation

Question 4

The zone of ______ development is the period in which a child can almost but not fully understand or perfor a task on their own

Answer 4

Proximal

Question 5

Lorenz’s discovery of the critical period in which baby geese form their first attachment

Answer 5

Imprinting

Question 6

Given a dozen infants regardless of background, he claimed he could raise them to be “any kind of specialist” he chose

Answer 6

Watson

Question 7

The perspective that development is primarily influenced by inborn characteristics

Answer 7

Biological

Question 8

His theory suggests there are multiple layers of environmental influences on an individual’s growth and development

Answer 8

Bronfenbrenner

Question 9

______ conditioning focused on learning through the consequences of a behavior

Answer 9

Operant

Question 10

Modeling occurs when a child learns new behaviors by first watching the behavior and then ____ that behavior afterwards.

Answer 10

Imitating

Question 11

The Piagetian Stage in which an infant will develop their first cognitive schemas

Answer 11

Sensorimotor

Question 12

Ambiguous labels such as cute, shy, good, bad, bratty are considered _____ words.

Answer 12

subjective

Question 13

In the stage of _____ vs Shame and Doubt, a child develops a sense of will, which help him accomplish and build self-esteem

Answer 13

Autonomy

Question 14

Data which is organized to help explain facts, guide research and predict behavior

Answer 14

theory

Question 15

The _____ theory focuses on the gratification of different “erogenous zones” of the body

Answer 15

Psychoanalytic

Question 16

Successful scaffolding occurs with the presence of a More ____ Other.

Answer 16

Knowledgeable

Question 17

During the Phallic Stage, girls experience the ____ Complex when fall in love with their father and resent the mother due to penis envy.

Answer 17

Electra

Question 18

Each child’s development is genetically determined by universal patterns which occur in a predictable sequence

Answer 18

Maturation

Question 19

In Erikson’s Theory, successful resolution of each stage/crisis will result in a specific ______

Answer 19

virtue

Question 20

The religious and cultural beliefs of a family are considered part f the child’s ______ system, because of its influence on childrearing practices.

Answer 20

Macro

Question 21

The _____ theory proposes that personality develops throughout life.

Answer 21

Psychosocial

Question 22

A theory gains validity when there is consistent and continous ______ to verify its results.

Answer 22

research

Question 23

When Pavlov’s dog learned to salivate at the sound of a bell, this became known as _____ conditioning.

Answer 23

Classical

Question 24

His social learning theory emphasizes the powerful effects of observation.

Answer 24

Bandura

Question 25

Through the use of conditioning at 18 months, he learned to fear furry white animals.

Answer 25

Albert

Question 26

He believed punishment can reduce a behavior’s frequency through aversive events and by taking away positives

Answer 26

Skinner

Question 27

In Freud’s theory, the ID is driven by the ______ principle

Answer 27

Pleasure

Question 28

He belived that social interaction is a key determinant to a child’s cognitive development.

Answer 28

Vygotsky

Question 29

The practice of increasing the frequency of a desired behavior.

Answer 29

Reinforcement

Question 30

His theory proposed four stages of cognitive thinking

Answer 30

Piaget

Question 31

Erikson’s theory on the Eight Stages of Man begins at birth and ends at ______

Answer 31

death

Question 32

Information processors explore the brain’s capabilities to take in, ______, and retrieve information.

Answer 32

store