Deck 1 - People Flashcards
Who was known for his 8-stage theory of Psychosocial Development?
Erik Erikson
Who was Konrad Lorenz?
An Austrian scientist who is known for his work in zoology, ethology and and ornithology with an emphasis on instinctive behavior in animals. He is best remembered for his study of imprinting in birds (the tendency of birds to identify the first being seen after birth as their “mother”) and for his work in ethology (study of ethics) that led to a shared Nobel prize in 1973.
Who was Jean Piaget?
Cognitive Psychologist; created a 4-stage theory of cognitive development, said that two basic processes work in tandem to achieve cognitive growth (assimilation and accommodation)
What did John Locke believe and what was he known for?
Believed people were born like blank slates and the environment shapes development, (tabula rasa). Wrote Essay Concerning Human Understanding, and Second Treatise of Government.
Who was John Watson?
Early behaviorist; famous for the “Little Albert” experiments on fear conditioning. founded the Behavioral Psychology in 1913. (he believed that at birth we only have these emotions: love, anger, and fear)
learning theory/the behaviorist perspective = describes developmental change as a product of learning (nurture side of nature vs. nurture & are continuity theories).
Who made the first IQ test?
Alfred Binet
Who coined the term modeling?
Albert Bandura
________________’s analysis of human personality and the subconscious drives features three main components:
- id
- superego
- ego
Sigmund Freud
Who was Lawrence Kohlberg?
- Field?
- Contributions?
Childhood development psychologist.
Field: cognition, moral development; Contributions: created a theory of moral development that has 3 levels; focuses on moral reasoning rather than overt behavior.
Who was B.F. Skinner?
- Field?
- Contributions?
- Studies?
Behaviorist that developed the theory of operant conditioning by training pigeons and rats.
Field: behavioral; Contributions: created techniques to manipulate the consequences of an organism’s behavior in order to observe the effects of subsequent behavior; Studies: Skinner box
Who came up with the stages of grief? (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.)
What was she criticized for?
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. Criticized because not everyone goes through the stages in the order she describes.
Who believed that parents can best foster their children’s moral development by exposing their children to more advanced more reasoning by discussion of both sides of moral dilemmas.
Lawrence Kohleberg.
