Major Child Development Theorists

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

• Freud
• Piaget
• Vygotsky
• Bandera

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

• Freud
• Piaget
• Vygotsky
• Bronfenbrenner

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

• Freud
• Piaget
• Vygotsky
• Bronfenbrenner

Which theorist was the first to study children scientifically?

• Freud
• Piaget
• Vygotsky
• Bronfenbrenner

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?

• Vygotsky
• Erickson
• Bronfenbrenner
• Bandura

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

• Bronfenbrenner
• Bandura
• Erickson
• Skinner

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

• Bronfenbrenner
• Bandura
• Erickson
• Skinner

Which theorist said that children learn by imitating others.

• Bronfenbrenner
• Bandura
• Erickson
• Skinner

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

• Freud
• Bandura
• Vygotsky
• Skinner

Which theorist used the Bobo Doll experiment to show their theory?

• Freud
• Bandura
• Vygotsky
• Skinner