Lesson 1: Introduction to Developmental Psychology
____ believed that children are born with everything they need to know and learning is simply the act of
remembering these in-born thoughts and ideas. - ansPlato
____ believed that development took place in a series of steps. - ansAristotle
____ influenced the way that twentieth-century psychologists, educators, and philosophers think about the
cognitive development of children. - ansPiaget
____ introduced the Stanford-Binet Intelligence test. - ansTerman
____ promoted his idea of the "tabula rasa" to describe child development. - ansLocke
____ thought that children were basically unformed adults. - ansAristotle
Although ____ emphasize environment, they almost totally deny the influence of biological variables on
development. - ansBehaviorists
Cognitive - ansDevelopment refers to changes in methods and style of thinking, language ability and use, and
strategies for remembering and recalling information.
If an adolescent who has been struggling with classmates over sexual orientation, also begins to have
difficulties relating to her parents, which domain of development is involved? - ansPsychosocial
Name the Swiss psychologist, who in the 1920s had been writing about children's cognitive development. -
ansJean Piaget
Physical - ansDevelopment includes bodily changes, the use of the body, and the effects of aging.
____ believed that children are born with everything they need to know and learning is simply the act of
remembering these in-born thoughts and ideas. - ansPlato
____ believed that development took place in a series of steps. - ansAristotle
____ influenced the way that twentieth-century psychologists, educators, and philosophers think about the
cognitive development of children. - ansPiaget
____ introduced the Stanford-Binet Intelligence test. - ansTerman
____ promoted his idea of the "tabula rasa" to describe child development. - ansLocke
____ thought that children were basically unformed adults. - ansAristotle
Although ____ emphasize environment, they almost totally deny the influence of biological variables on
development. - ansBehaviorists
Cognitive - ansDevelopment refers to changes in methods and style of thinking, language ability and use, and
strategies for remembering and recalling information.
If an adolescent who has been struggling with classmates over sexual orientation, also begins to have
difficulties relating to her parents, which domain of development is involved? - ansPsychosocial
Name the Swiss psychologist, who in the 1920s had been writing about children's cognitive development. -
ansJean Piaget
Physical - ansDevelopment includes bodily changes, the use of the body, and the effects of aging.
