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UBC PSYC 315- Baron Questions and
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Nativists
Ans: plato, jean jaques rousseau,
Empiricists
Ans: emphasize learning and experience
aristotle, watson, piaget, john locke
Who is Stanley Hall?
Ans: wrote the first book development and adolescence
watson
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Ans: Behaviorism
rewards and punishments
operant conditioning
Ans: a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a
reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher`
Piaget
Ans: cognitive development
experience is dependent on the level of cognitive development
learning mechanisms are built in
mechanisms of developmental change
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Ans: How and why does change occur?
effortful attention- you choose to pay attention
modeling- how you change because of the people around you
maturation- learning experiences contribute to brain rewiring
sociocultural context of development
Ans: physical
social
economical
cultural
historical
sensorimotor stage
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Ans: in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth to about 2 years of age)
during which infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensory
impressions and motor activities
- here and now
- object permanence failures
preoperational stage
Ans: in Piaget's theory, the stage (2-7) during which a child learns to use
language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of
concrete logic.
- centration: focus on a salient aspect of an event ( LoveBear)
- failure with reversible operations: same fluid, different cups
concrete operational
UBC PSYC 315- Baron Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update /
Already Graded
Nativists
Ans: plato, jean jaques rousseau,
Empiricists
Ans: emphasize learning and experience
aristotle, watson, piaget, john locke
Who is Stanley Hall?
Ans: wrote the first book development and adolescence
watson
,2 | Page
Ans: Behaviorism
rewards and punishments
operant conditioning
Ans: a type of learning in which behavior is strengthened if followed by a
reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher`
Piaget
Ans: cognitive development
experience is dependent on the level of cognitive development
learning mechanisms are built in
mechanisms of developmental change
,3 | Page
Ans: How and why does change occur?
effortful attention- you choose to pay attention
modeling- how you change because of the people around you
maturation- learning experiences contribute to brain rewiring
sociocultural context of development
Ans: physical
social
economical
cultural
historical
sensorimotor stage
, 4 | Page
Ans: in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth to about 2 years of age)
during which infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensory
impressions and motor activities
- here and now
- object permanence failures
preoperational stage
Ans: in Piaget's theory, the stage (2-7) during which a child learns to use
language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of
concrete logic.
- centration: focus on a salient aspect of an event ( LoveBear)
- failure with reversible operations: same fluid, different cups
concrete operational
