PSYC 140 Module 1

According to Erikson, unsucessful completion of the first psychosocial stage will result in ___ - answer-mistrust According to Erikson, the "terrible two's" stem from a toddler's need to assert what? - answer-Autonomy Erikson used the term _____ to refer to producing something that benefits others - answer-generativity How many psychological stages did Erikson describe? - answer-Eight list psychosexual stage described by Freud based on the age group: birth-18 months - answer-oral list psychosexual stage described by Freud based on the age group: 18mo-3 years - answer-anal list psychosexual stage described by Freud based on the age group: 3-6 years old - answer-phallic list psychosexual stage described by Freud based on the age group: 6 years old-puberty - answer-latency list psychosexual stage described by Freud based on the age group: puberty-adulthood - answer-genital Freud: Continuous or Discontinuous - answer-discontinuous Erikson: Continuous or Discontinuous - answer-discontinuous Piaget: Continuous or Discontinuous - answer-discontinuous Skinner: Continuous or Discontinuous - answer-continuous ___ 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? - answer--it is concerned with children rather than all learners -focuses on development rather than learning -proposes discrete stages of development marked by qualitative differences rather than gradual increase in number & complexity of behaviors, concepts, ideas, etc. information processing theory - answer-a perspective that compares human thinking processes, by analogy, to computer analysis of data, including sensory input, connections, stored memories, and output