PSYC 140 MODULE 1 COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
GUIDE WITH SOLUTIONS
◉ ___ stage theory covers the greatest breadth in the greatest detail
(___ through late adulthood). He incorporates ___ development to a
greater extent than do the other theorists.
Answer: Erikson's, infancy, social
◉ ___ focuses exclusively on ___ development and primarily focuses
on ____.
Answer: Piaget, cognitive, childhood
◉ ____ emphasizes _____ development and also focuses mainly on
childhood and ___.
Answer: Freud, psychosexual, adolescence
◉ What, according to Erikson, is the negative possible outcome of
the crisis in late adulthood?
Answer: despair
◉ who was one of the foremost researchers on operant conditioning
(he even coined the term)?
Answer: B.F Skinner
, ◉ social learning
Answer: process of altering behavior by observing and imitating the
behavior of others
◉ learning technique revolved around modeling ___ emphasizes that
people learn by observing others, and this learning can occur
without necessarily shaping behavior through reward and
punishment.
Answer: social learning
◉ who embraced a cognitive perspective, meaning his stages of
development focus on the changes in thinking that children from
infancy through adolescence experience?
Answer: jean piaget
◉ jean piaget's four stage theory of cognitive development
Answer: 1. sensorimotor, 2. preoperational, 3. concrete operational,
4. formal operational
he said that the two basic processes work in tandem to achieve
cognitive growth-assimilation and accommodation
◉ what is unique about piaget's theory of cognitive development?
GUIDE WITH SOLUTIONS
◉ ___ stage theory covers the greatest breadth in the greatest detail
(___ through late adulthood). He incorporates ___ development to a
greater extent than do the other theorists.
Answer: Erikson's, infancy, social
◉ ___ focuses exclusively on ___ development and primarily focuses
on ____.
Answer: Piaget, cognitive, childhood
◉ ____ emphasizes _____ development and also focuses mainly on
childhood and ___.
Answer: Freud, psychosexual, adolescence
◉ What, according to Erikson, is the negative possible outcome of
the crisis in late adulthood?
Answer: despair
◉ who was one of the foremost researchers on operant conditioning
(he even coined the term)?
Answer: B.F Skinner
, ◉ social learning
Answer: process of altering behavior by observing and imitating the
behavior of others
◉ learning technique revolved around modeling ___ emphasizes that
people learn by observing others, and this learning can occur
without necessarily shaping behavior through reward and
punishment.
Answer: social learning
◉ who embraced a cognitive perspective, meaning his stages of
development focus on the changes in thinking that children from
infancy through adolescence experience?
Answer: jean piaget
◉ jean piaget's four stage theory of cognitive development
Answer: 1. sensorimotor, 2. preoperational, 3. concrete operational,
4. formal operational
he said that the two basic processes work in tandem to achieve
cognitive growth-assimilation and accommodation
◉ what is unique about piaget's theory of cognitive development?
