Psychologists

Question 1

Jean Piaget

Answer 1

Studied the lack of basic object permanence of infants under 5 months of age.

• Structured the mental development of an individual into 4 stages.
• Emphasized on the child’s interaction with the physical world.

Question 2

Stroop test (1935)

Answer 2

Names of colours were written in different colours and the participants were asked to name the ink colour used to print the words.
This experiment showed that people were slowest at naming the ink colours for words that named a colour different from the ink colour.

Question 3

Nisbett

Answer 3

Documented a number of differences in the perception and reasoning of people in East Asian cultures

Question 4

Stanford-Binet Scale

Answer 4

First intelligence test used in the US created by Binet and Simon

Question 5

Vygotsky

Answer 5

Children’s mental growth through the sociocultural environment.

Question 6

Francis Galton

Answer 6

Studied the relationship between intellectual achievement and a range of basic sensory and cognitive abilities.