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Human Development Theorists

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Studied personality development (id, ego, superego) and psychosexual stages

a)

Brofenbrenner

b)

Freud

c)

Skinner

d)

Kohlberg

2.

Developed the Zone of Proximal Development

a)

Erikson

b)

Marcia

c)

Vygotsky

d)

Pavlov

3.

Studied moral development

a)

Kohlberg

b)

Bandura

c)

Maslow

d)

Pavlov

4.

Studied punishment and reinforcements (did the rat experiment)

a)

Pavlov

b)

Marcia

c)

Skinner

d)

Freud

5.

Developed the "8 stages of man". The stage that deals with adolescence was titled "identity vs. confusion"

a)

Piaget

b)

Erikson

c)

Maslow

d)

Vygotsky

6.

Studied cognitive development. Created 4 stages of cognitive development. Adolescence are in the period of formal operations (abstract thought)

a)

Piaget

b)

Brofenbrenner

c)

Bandura

d)

Marcia

7.

Classical Conditioning Theory (did the dog experiment)

a)

Freud

b)

Skinner

c)

Piaget

d)

Pavlov

8.

Came up with the Identity Processes after studying Erikson's work.

a)

Maslow

b)

Vygotsky

c)

Kohlberg

d)

Marcia

9.

Social cognitive theory, believed in modeling appropriate behaviors (Bobo doll experiment)

a)

Bandura

b)

Vygotsky

c)

Freud

d)

Skinner

10.

Developed the Hierarchy of Needs (lower needs on the pyramid must be met before higher ones)

a)

Brofenbrenner

b)

Pavlov

c)

Maslow

d)

Freud

11.

Developed the environmental systems theory. (microsystem, mesosystem, etc.)

a)

Kohlberg

b)

Maslow

c)

Bandura

d)

Brofenbrenner

12.

In the personality development theory the "id refers to

a)

Unconscious

b)

Mostly unconscious

c)

Mostly Conscious

13.

In the personality development theory the "Superego" referred to

a)

unconscious

b)

mostly unconscious

c)

mostly conscious

14.

In the personality development theory the "ego" referred to

a)

unconscious

b)

mostly unconscious

c)

mostly conscious

15.

During the Latency stage of development, Freud believed

a)

Pleasure focuses on the genitals

b)

Sexual impulses are repressed

c)

Source of sexual pleasure is outside of the family

16.

The theorist who created the term "identity crisis" was:

a)

Freud

b)

Marcia

c)

Erikson

17.

The Zone of Proximal Development is a way to measure:

a)

Learning potential

b)

Group involvement

c)

Mental capacity

18.

This theorist believed that the consequences of an action, indicated if the action would be repeated

a)

Skinner

b)

Freud

c)

Piaget

19.

Behavior is learned through interactions with one's social environment defines which theory

a)

Observational learning theory

b)

Operant Conditioning

c)

Social Cognitive Theory

20.

Biological influences such as heredity and genetics define

a)

nature

b)

nurture

c)

key determinants

21.

Development that involves distinctive changes

a)

Nature

b)

Nurture

c)

Continuity

d)

Discontinuity

22.

As part of Kohlberg's theory, when a person is able to recognize and respect other people's point of view this is called

a)

Moral development

b)

respect

c)

Moral maturity

23.

Brofenbrenner's theory placed emphasis on one's biology

a)

true

b)

false

24.

Within the "Nature vs. Nurture" debate, nurture refers to environmental influences

a)

true

b)

false

25.

Erikson believed that adolescence was a time when teens strive to discover themselves

a)

true

b)

false

26.

Vygotsky believed that adolescences must work individually in order to reach their full potential

a)

true

b)

false

27.

Piaget believed that an adolescent was capable of abstract thinking

a)

true

b)

false

28.

An individual's microsystem is a setting in which they spend the most time.

a)

true

b)

false

29.

A person's "superego" includes aggressive and sexual impulses/instincts

a)

true

b)

false