Human Development-Chapter 2 Exam Study
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Maturationist Theory - ✔✔This emphasized the importance of genetics and evolution and was based on
the premise that growing children would recapitulate evolutionary stages of species development as
they grew up. Stanley Hall concluded that it would be counterproductive to push a child ahead of any
one developmental stage since each stage laid the foundation for what was to follow.
Psychoanalytic Theory - ✔✔Freud's position within this theory was that a person's psychological
responses and behaviors were reflections of biological instinctual drives
Freud - ✔✔This well-known researcher posited that it was during our childhood, our first 6 years, that
we developed ways to resolve conflicts between the desire for pleasure and the demands, often
repressive, encountered in reality.
Oral Stage - ✔✔Birth to 1 (Freud)
Anal Stage - ✔✔Ages 1 to 3
Phallic Stage - ✔✔Ages 3 to 6
Latent Stage - ✔✔Ages 6 to 11
Genital Stage - ✔✔Ages 11 to 18
Psychosocial Development Theory - ✔✔Erikson presented this model emphasizing the challenges and
tasks presented across one's lifespan as key to understanding human development.
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, Epigenetic Theory - ✔✔This means it focuses on both the biological and genetic origins of behaviors as
interacting with the direct influence of environmental forces over time. (Erikson)
Erikson - ✔✔He posited that this biological unfolding in relation to our sociocultural settings is done in
stages of psychosocial development, where progress through each stage is in part determined by our
success, or lack of success, in all the previous stages.
8; Crises - ✔✔How many stages are in Erikson's model of development? What do they all have in
common?
Physiological Development - ✔✔Erickson felt that these psychosocial crises were based on
_______________ ____________interacting with the demands put on the individual by parents and
society
Trust vs. Mistrust - ✔✔Infant, ages 0-1 1/2 (Erikson)
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt - ✔✔Toddler, ages 1-3 (Erikson)
Initiative vs. Guilt - ✔✔Preschool, ages 4-6 (Erikson)
Industry vs. Inferiority - ✔✔School Age, ages 7-12 (Erikson)
Identity vs. Role Confusion - ✔✔Adolescent, ages 12-18 (Erikson)
Intimacy vs. Isolation - ✔✔Young adult, ages 19-40 (Erikson)
Generativity vs. Stagnation - ✔✔Adulthood, ages 41-65 (Erikson)
Integrity vs. Despair - ✔✔Mature Adult, ages 65+ (Erikson)
John Watson - ✔✔Father of American Behaviorism
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Guide Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Maturationist Theory - ✔✔This emphasized the importance of genetics and evolution and was based on
the premise that growing children would recapitulate evolutionary stages of species development as
they grew up. Stanley Hall concluded that it would be counterproductive to push a child ahead of any
one developmental stage since each stage laid the foundation for what was to follow.
Psychoanalytic Theory - ✔✔Freud's position within this theory was that a person's psychological
responses and behaviors were reflections of biological instinctual drives
Freud - ✔✔This well-known researcher posited that it was during our childhood, our first 6 years, that
we developed ways to resolve conflicts between the desire for pleasure and the demands, often
repressive, encountered in reality.
Oral Stage - ✔✔Birth to 1 (Freud)
Anal Stage - ✔✔Ages 1 to 3
Phallic Stage - ✔✔Ages 3 to 6
Latent Stage - ✔✔Ages 6 to 11
Genital Stage - ✔✔Ages 11 to 18
Psychosocial Development Theory - ✔✔Erikson presented this model emphasizing the challenges and
tasks presented across one's lifespan as key to understanding human development.
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, Epigenetic Theory - ✔✔This means it focuses on both the biological and genetic origins of behaviors as
interacting with the direct influence of environmental forces over time. (Erikson)
Erikson - ✔✔He posited that this biological unfolding in relation to our sociocultural settings is done in
stages of psychosocial development, where progress through each stage is in part determined by our
success, or lack of success, in all the previous stages.
8; Crises - ✔✔How many stages are in Erikson's model of development? What do they all have in
common?
Physiological Development - ✔✔Erickson felt that these psychosocial crises were based on
_______________ ____________interacting with the demands put on the individual by parents and
society
Trust vs. Mistrust - ✔✔Infant, ages 0-1 1/2 (Erikson)
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt - ✔✔Toddler, ages 1-3 (Erikson)
Initiative vs. Guilt - ✔✔Preschool, ages 4-6 (Erikson)
Industry vs. Inferiority - ✔✔School Age, ages 7-12 (Erikson)
Identity vs. Role Confusion - ✔✔Adolescent, ages 12-18 (Erikson)
Intimacy vs. Isolation - ✔✔Young adult, ages 19-40 (Erikson)
Generativity vs. Stagnation - ✔✔Adulthood, ages 41-65 (Erikson)
Integrity vs. Despair - ✔✔Mature Adult, ages 65+ (Erikson)
John Watson - ✔✔Father of American Behaviorism
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