History of Child Development

What historian wrote about child development during the medieval time period?

• Piaget

• Aries

• Watson

• Freud

Answer explanation

(Aries, 1960) In ancient history, there was not much known about the perceptions of children and what they were like during this time.

Which 2 psychologists introduced early philosophies of child development in the 18th century?

• Watson and Bandura

• Freud and Hall

• Washburn and Shinn

• Locke and Rousseau

Answer explanation

John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau are two of the most influential psychologists that are very relevant today.

Who wrote a book that argued the role of parenting, education, and environment are critical components of child development?

• Lev Vygotsky

• John Dewey

• John Locke

• Williams James

Answer explanation

Book is called Some Thoughts Concerning Education

In contrast to John Locke’s theory, who suggested parents giving their children a formal education might further damage the child’s natural born traits?

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Jean Piaget

• Aries

• John Watson

John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s contrasting theory of blank vs blank. What is the theory we are referring to?

• Ying vs Yang

• Nature vs nurture

• Operant vs classical conditioning

• Cognitive vs behavioral

Answer explanation

Locke supports nurture and Rousseau supports nature.

This philosopher stated fathers should be constantly present in their son’s lives to direct their development.

• James Darwin

• BF Skinner

• G Stanley Hall

• John Locke

Which of the following is NOT one the things the “Baby Biographers” movement was criticized for?

• Lack of comparison

• Observer Bias

• Lack of generalizability

• Too many participants

Answer explanation

Psychologists who set out to study how children learn and grow by conducting naturalistic observations of their children.

G. Stanley Hall was

• The first President of the US

• American Psychological Association’s first president

• President of APA journal club

• President of child development

Answer explanation

One of the founders of the American psychological association, founded the first journal in psychology in 1892.

First person to get a Ph.D in psychology in the United States in 1878?

• G. Stanley Hall

• Sigmund Freud

• Erik Erikson

• John Bowlby

Answer explanation

Hall was under the guidance of psychologist Williams James.

Who created Child Questionnaires in 1870?

• Vygotsky

• Bartholomai

• Erikson

• Hall

Answer explanation

G. Stanley Hall brought child questionnaires back to America in 1882.