Infant Toddler Development Theory

What theorist talks about "Baby's Emotional Milestones" and has 6 different levels starting with "self-regulation and interest in the world from birth to 3 months?"

• Attachment Theory

• Erik Erikson

• Stanley Greenspan

• Ivan Pavlov

What is schema? It is described as patterns of repeated behavior which allow children to explore and express developing ideas and thoughts through their play and exploration. What theorist did you learn about that talked about schema theory?

• Lev Vygotsky

• Jean Piaget

• John Watson

• Arnold Gesell

What theorist developed social learning theory, which emphasizes the importance of observing and modeling the behaviors, and based his theory on the assumption that children acquire new behaviors by watching what other children do and get rewarded or praised?

• Albert Bandura

• Social Learning Theory

• John B. Watson

• Abraham Maslow

What theory identifies four developmental stages and the processes by which children progress through them? The four stages are: (1) Sensorimotor stage (2) Pre-operational stage (3) Concrete operations and  (4) Formal operations.

• Cognitive Development Theory

• Information Processing Theory

• Jean Piaget

• Socialcultural Theory

What theorist might give this example: An infant will develop a sense of trust only if the parent or caregiver is responsive and consistent with the basic needs being meet. The need for care and food must be met with comforting regularity. The infant must first form a trusting relationship with the parent or caregiver, otherwise a sense of mistrust will develop.

• Abraham Maslow

• John B. Watson

• Jean Piaget

• Erik Erikson

This theorist described a hierarchy of “essential needs” that each child must have met in order to develop optimally.

• G.S. Hall

• Abraham Maslow

• Abraham Lincoln

• Albert Bandura

Identify the sociocultural theorist who based his theory on the belief that thinking and learning is highly influenced by social interaction, language and culture, and that learning occurs within the zone of proximal development – the range of skill that the child could not perform alone, but can master with the guidance of adults or more skilled peers.

• Sociocultural Theory

• Lev Vygotsky

• Urie Brofenbrenner

• Jean Piaget

What is the term Vygotsky used to describe a situation in which a problem or task is only slightly above a child's ability level. This is what that teachers should seek to find for each child. Adults can ask questions or give hints that allow the child to solve the problem independently.

• Stimulus-Response

• Scaffolding

• Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)

• Operant Conditioning

What theorist views the child as developing within a complex system of relationships at different levels from microsystem to mesosystem to exosystem to macrosystem?

• Ivan Pavlov

• Erik Erikson

• Urie Brofenfrenner

• Alvin Bonner

What theory describes the mind as like a computer, and learning as a process of receiving, encoding/modifying, storing and retrieving information?

• Ecological Systems Theory

• Cognitive Development Theory

• Augmented Reality

• Information Processing Theory