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WorksheetsHuman Psychological Development - Piaget & Erikson
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 12mins
What are the 4 main areas of developmental change?
Physical, Social, Cognitive, Emotional.
Sensorimotor, Pre-operational, Concrete Operational, Formal Operational.
Sense, Feeling, Logic, Social.
Physical, Mental, Social, Emotional.
Growing taller is a sign of what kind of development?
Stages.
Discontinuous.
Constant.
Continuous.
An example of discontinuous development is:
Growing taller.
Learning to walk.
Getting heavier.
Hair growth.
Changes must be relatively (a) to be considered developmental.
A quantitative change could be:
Learning to walk.
Learning how to express emotion.
Height.
Learning to talk.
Learning to talk is a:
Qualtitative developmental change.
Quantitative developmental change.
Patterns of development and the approximate ages at which a characteristic or ability appears in the ‘average’ child are called:
World standards.
Blue books.
Development records.
Developmental norms.
A cross-sectional study:
Follows the same group of people over an extended period of time, observing the changes of behaviour that occur at different ages.
Selects and compares groups of different ages over a short period of time.
Analyses the IQ of children between cognitive stages.
Compares one child to another over long periods of time.
Assimilation is the process of:
Changing an existing mental idea to fit in with a new object or experience.
Developing a new mental idea, or organised mental representation of what something is and how to deal with it.
Taking in new information and fitting it into and making it part of an existing mental idea about objects or the worlds.
Understanding that objects still exist even if they cannot be seen.
A schema is?
A mental idea, or organised mental representation of what something is and how to deal with it.
A worldview.
A philosophy.
The ability to change an existing mental idea to fit in with a new object or experience.
You point to a train and ask your aunt where the 'buses' are going. She tells you that what you are pointing at is a train. She further explains that trains are driven on railroad tracks, while buses are driven on the road. Trains also move much faster than buses. What cognitive ability is used to understand the new concept?
A schema.
Assimilation.
Animism.
Accomodation.
What is stage 2 of Piaget's theory?
Concrete Operational.
Sensorimotor.
Pre-Operational.
Formal Operational.
Animism is:
When children are only capable of seeing the world from their point of view.
Understanding that one thing can change from one state to another.
The ability to follow a line of reasoning back to its starting point.
The belief that everything which exists has some kind of consciousness or awareness.
In what stage would a child develop abstract thinking?
Pre-Operational.
Sensorimotor.
Formal Operational.
Concrete Operational.
Centration is:
The belief that everything which exists has some kind of consciousness or awareness.
When the child can only focus on one quality or feature of an object at a time.
When children are only capable of seeing the world from their point of view.
The ability to understand that objects still exist even if they cannot be seen.
How many stages are in Erikson's theory?
4
6
10
8
In Erikson's theory, Stage 4 is Industry vs. ___________ ?
Guilt.
Initiative.
Inferiority.
Stagnation.
In Erikson's theory, Stage 3 is ___________ vs. Guilt.
Autonomy.
Initiative.
Identity.
Trust.
In Erikson's theory, generativity is:
The ability to do things independently and the feelings of self-control, self-confidence, self-reliance and competence which accompanies this.
Feeling less adequate than their peers in achievements, skills and abilities.
The ability to share with and care about another person without fear of losing oneself in the process.
The person's concern with others beyond their immediate family, with future generations and the nature of society and the world in which those generations will live.
Stage 8 of Erikson's theory is:
Trust vs. Mistrust
Generativity vs. Stagnation
Industry vs. Inferiority
Integrity vs. Despair
How many stages in Piaget's theory?
4
6
10
8
Which one is Piaget's theory of cognitive development?
How and when we develop various mental abilities and changes which occur in them throughout the lifespan.
Development occurs through a combination of psychological processes which take place within individuals and the experiences of individuals during their lifetime, particularly their interaction with other people.
