Developmental Psychology

Question 1

Name Piaget’s four stages of cognitive development

Answer 1

1. Sensorimotor
2. Preoperational
3. Concrete operations
4. Formal operations

Question 2

What are the five approaches to Psychology?

Answer 2

1. Biological
2. Psychoanalysis
3. Cognitive
4. Humanism
5. Behaviourism

Question 3

Name the two Cognitive theorists in developmental psychology

Answer 3

1. Jean Piaget

2. Vygotsky

Question 4

Name Vygotsky’s Six stages of cognitive development

Answer 4

1. Affiliation
2. Play
3. Play
4. Peers
5. Work
6. Theorising

Question 5

What are the two Aging theories?

Answer 5

1. Pre-programmed theory - Body ages according to predetermined pattern with only minor modification.
2. Wear-and-tear theory - Aging is a consequence of accumulated insults to the body.

Question 6

Name the four different developmental research methods.

Answer 6

1. Confounding variables
2. Cross-sectional design
3. Longitudinal design
4. Sequential design