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Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence Final Exam
Theories
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
04/28/2012

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Term
Number of Stages in Piaget's Theory
Definition
Four
Term
First Stage in Piaget's Theory
Definition
Sensorimotor
Term
Second Stage in Piaget's Theory
Definition
Preoperational
Term
Third Stage in Piaget's Theory
Definition
Concrete Operational
Term
Fourth Stage in Piaget's Theory
Definition
Formal Operational
Term
Schema
Definition
Basic Building Block Of Intelligent Behavior (Piaget)
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Assimilation
Definition
Applying an existing schema to a new situation.
Term
Accomodation
Definition
happens when the existing schema (knowledge) needs to be changed to take in new information.
Term
Key Feature in Sensorimotor Stage
Definition
Object Permanence
Term
Key Feature in Preoperational Stage
Definition
Egocentrism (Three Mountains)
Term
Key Feature in Concrete Operational Stage
Definition
Conservation (Conservation in Number)
Term
Key Feature in Formal Operational Stage
Definition
Manipulate Ideas in Head (Abstract Reasoning)
Term
Sensorimotor Stage Has How Many Substages?
Definition
Six
Term
Theorist Associated with ZPD
Definition
Vygotsky
Term
ZPD definition
Definition
The distance between a student’s ability to perform a task under adult guidance and/or with peer collaboration and the student’s ability solving the problem independently.
Term
Scaffolding (in relation to ZPD)
Definition
Providing the appropriate assistance to the student to allow them to learn the task at hand.
Term
Five Subsets of Bronfenbrenner's Theory
Definition
Microsystem
Mesosystem
Exosystem
Macrosystem
Chronosystem
Term
Microsystem Means
Definition
Immediate Surroundings (family, peers, school)
Term
Mesosystem
Definition
Relationship between different Microsystems (family and school, school and church, etc)
Term
Exosystem Means
Definition
Social setting in which the child doesn't play a direct role. (Mother's workplace)
Term
Macrosystem Means
Definition
Culture in which the individual lives.
Term
Chronosystem means
Definition
patterning of environmental events and transitions over the life course (divorce, for instance)
Term
Visual Cliff is Associated With Which Theorist/Theory?
Definition
Gibson and the Ecological Theory of Perception
Term
8 Stages of Psychosocial Development Theorist
Definition
Erikson
Term
Infancy Stage (Erikson)
Definition
Trust vs Mistrust
Virtue of "Hope"
Term
Early Childhood (Erikson)
Definition
Autonomy Vs Shame and Doubt
Term
Preschool
Definition
Initiative vs Guilt
Virtue of "Purpose"
Term
School Age (Erikson)
Definition
Industry vs Inferiority
Term
Adolescence Stage (Erikson)
Definition
Identity vs Role Confusion
Virtue of "Fidelity"
Term
Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Reasoning Has How Many Main Levels?
Definition
Three
Term
Preconventional Morality
Definition
People act under external controls, obeying rules to avoid punishment or get rewards (ages 4 to 10)
Term
Conventional Morality
Definition
People are concerned about being "good," pleasing others, and maintaining the social order (after age 10)
Term
Postconventional Morality
Definition
People now recognize conflicts between moral standards and make their own judgments based on right, fairness, and justice principles
Term
Kohlberg's Gender Identity (labeling)
Definition
Children identify male or female based on physical appearances such as clothing or hair but do not recognize gender as stable over time.
Term
Kohlberg's Gender Stability
Definition
Children recognize gender is stable over time (boys grow up to be daddies) but there is still some confusion as to whether outward appearances serve as a way of identifying gender.
Term
Kohlberg's Gender Consistency
Definition
Children fully understand the nature of gender as permanent across time and situation.
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