Child Development Theorists

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Which theorist wrote that social contact is essential to intellectual development?

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Vygotsky

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Which theorist believed that personality develops, through a series of stages. Experiences in childhood profoundly affect adult life.

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Freud

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Which theorist outlined the layers of development through the Ecological Systems Theory (Microsystem, Mesosystem, Exosystem, Macrosystem)?

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Bronfenbrenner

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Which theorist was the first to study children scientifically?

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Piaget

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Which theorist thought that each stage of development includes a unique psychological crisis? If the crisis is met in a positive way, the individual develops normally?

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Erickson

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Which theorist used a rat in a box to study their theory?

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Skinner

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Which theorist argued that when a child’s actions have positive results, they will be repeated. Negative results will make actions stop?

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Skinner

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Which theorist believed that personality develops, through a series of stages. Experiences in childhood profoundly affect adult life?

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Freud

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Blood type, hair color, and skin color are all examples of what type of influence on our development?

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Nature

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Your friends, where you live, and your school are all examples of what type of influence on our development?

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Nurture