Developmental Psychology

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Ainsworth, M

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Devised the “strange situation”

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Baumrind, D.

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Studied the relationship between parental style and agression

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Bowlb, J

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Studied Attachment in children

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Chomsky N.

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Linguist whom suggested that children have an innate capacity for lanuage acquisition

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Erikson, E.

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Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development covering the entire lifespan

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Freud S.

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Outlined the five stages of psychosocial development stressed the importance of the Oedipal conflict

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Gesell, A

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Believed that development was due to maturation

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Gilligan, C

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Suggested that males and females have different orientations toward mortality

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Hall, G

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The founder of developmental psychology

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Harlow, H

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Used monkeys and “surrogate mothers” to study the role of contact comfort in bond formation

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Kohlberg, L.

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Studied moral development using moral developments

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Lock, J

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British philosopher who suggested that infants had predetermined tendencies, that they were blank slates (tabulas rasa) to be written on by experience

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Lorenz, K

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Studied imprinting on birds

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Piaget, J

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Studied 4 stages of cognitive development

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Rousseau, J.

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French philosopher who suggested that development could unfold without help from society

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Terman L

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Performed Longitudinal study on gifted children

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Tryon R

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Genetic basis for maze running

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Vygotsky, L

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Studied cognitive development; stressed the importance of the zone of proximal development