Development Psychology

study in which people of different ages are compared with one another

• longitudinal study

• cross sectional study

Cognitive Development

• Alfred Binet
• Erik Erikson
• Albert Bandura
• Jean Piaget

It is an internal representation of the world.

• Cognition

• Schema

• Assimilation

• Accommodation

It is the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.

• Cognition

• Schema

• Assimilation

• Accommodation

It is the idea that objects exist even if the are out of sight.

• Elimination

• Reversibility

• Object Permanence

• Conceptualize

It is using an existing schema to deal with a new object or situation.

• Cognition

• Schema

• Assimilation

• Accommodation

The stage in Piaget's Theory where a child have the ability to systematically solve a problem in a logical and methodological way.

• Sensorimotor Stage

• Preoperational Stage

• Concrete Operational Stage

• Formal Operational Stage

It is a stage in Piaget's Theory where a child understand the world by coordinating sensory experiences.

• Sensorimotor Stage

• Preoperational Stage

• Concrete Operational Stage

• Formal Operational Stage

Later childhood from the age 6 or 7 years has been called the stage by Piaget.

• Sensorimotor

• Pre-Operational

• Concrete Operational

• Formal Operational

trust verses mistrust and identity verses role confusion

• Erik Erikson

• Konrad Lorenz

• Philip Zimbardo