Important Names In Developmental Psychology Flashcards
Baumrind, D.
Studied the relationship between the parental style and aggression
Ainsworth, M.
Devised the strange situation to study attachment
Bowlby, J.
Studied attachment in human children
Chomsky, N.
Linguist who studied that children have an innate capacity for language acquisition
Erikson, E.
Outlined eight stages of psychosocial development covering the entire lifespan
Freud, S.
Outlined five stages of psychosexual development; stressed the importance of the Oedipal conflict in psychosexual development
Gesell, A.
Believed that development was primarily due to maturation
Gilligan, C.
Suggested that males and females have different orientations toward morality
Hall, G.
The founder of developmental psychology
Harlow, H.
Used monkeys and “surrogate mothers” to study the role of contact comfort in bond formation
Kohlberg, L.
Studied moral development using moral dilemmas
Locke, J.
British philosopher who suggested that infants had no predetermined tendencies, that they were blank slates (tabula rasa) to be written on by experience
Lorenz, K.
Studied imprinting in birds
Piaget, J.
Outline four stages of cognitive development
Rousseau, J.
French philosopher who suggested that development could unfold without help from society
