L1/L2 - theories of social development

Question 1

5 categories of social development theory

Answer 1

1. psychodynamic
2. learning
3. social cognition
4. ecological
5. cognitive developmental

Question 2

2 psychodynamic theories

Answer 2

1. psychosexual theory - Freud
2. psychosocial theory - developmental stages (Erikson)

Question 3

3 learning theories

Answer 3

1. classical conditioning
2. operant conditioning
3. social learning theory (Bandura)

Question 4

2 social cognition theories

Answer 4

1. social information processing (Dodge)
2. mindsets (Dweck)

Question 5

2 ecological theories

Answer 5

1. ethological and evolutionary theories
2. Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory

Question 6

3 cognitive developmental theories

Answer 6

1. Piaget’s theory
2. social cognitive domain theory
3. Vygotsky’s sociocultural theories

Question 7

Purpose and result of Bandura’s Bobo doll experiment?

Answer 7

Purpose: evaluate children’s learning through observation
Result: children played aggressively and reproduced a lot of aggressive model’s behaviour

Question 8

4 factors for observational learning in social learning theory

Answer 8

1. Attention
2. Retention
3. Reproduce-ability
4. Motivation

Question 9

What’s reciprocal determination in social learning theory?

Answer 9

children’s action => peer response => changes in social environment and in the child (prosocial attitude)

Question 10

6 steps of social information processing theory (Dodge)

Answer 10

1. encode cues
2. interpret cues
3. clarify goals
4. review possible actions
5. decide on action
6. act on decision

Question 11

2 outcomes when faced with challenge in Dweck’s theory of self attributions

Answer 11

1. mastery orientation - expects future success, persists
2. helpless orientation

Question 12

2 theories in fixed vs growth mindset in self attribution (Dweck)

Answer 12

1. entity theory - intelligence is fixed
2. incremental theory - intelligence can grow with experience

Question 13

5 systems in Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory

Answer 13

1. microsystem
2. mesosystem
3. exosystem
4. macrosystem
5. chronosystem

Question 14

4 stages of Piaget’s cognitive developmetal theory

Answer 14

1. sensorimotor (age 0-2)
2. preoperational (age 2-7)
3. concrete operations (age 7-12)
4. formal operations (age 12)

Question 15

what’s zone of proximal development in Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory

Answer 15

Things a child can do with help from experienced peer