Theories of Play

Piaget's theories were based mainly on cognitive development which occurs in 4 stages. Choose 4 answers.

• Sensorimotor 0-2 years

• Pre-operational 2-7 years

• Concrete operational 7-11 years

• Formal operational 12+

• Machinery operational 18+

True or false, Piaget believed human beings were motivated towards equilibrium - we like to understand our environment.

• True

• False

Piaget believed in the theory of object ___________, when babies realise objects exist even when they can not see them (from 7-9 months approximately)

• Permanence

• Disappearance

Piaget believed that children are bound by their own perspectives, they generally see things from their own point of view. This is called _____________

• ecowarriors

• Egocentrism

• Eco-friendly

Vygotsky believed that the difference in what a child can do with help & what they can do without help is called ZPD. It stands for.. choose 1.

• Zone of Proximal Development

• Zone of Philosophy Development

• Zone of Passionate Development

True or false. Vygotsky and Piaget were known as constructivist theorists. They believed that the learner must be engaged in the learning process.

• True

• False

True or false. Freud & Winnicott were psychoanalytic theorists. They believed that all people poses unconscious thoughts, feelings, memories and desires.

• True

• False

Freud's work was mostly based on _____ therapy. He believed that children can work through their anxieties and fear, thus promoting feelings of well being and mental health.

True or false. Freud believed that a person's moral personality was composed of 3 parts. The ID (self gratification) The Super Ego (part of the personality that judges an action to be morally correct or not) and the Ego (which balances the other two)

• True

• False

As a result of unpleasant experiences and thoughts an individual (including children) can suffer anxieties. Freud called this

• Angst

• Antsy

• Annoying