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WorksheetsHuman Development Theorist
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
How did Piaget's theory of development differ from that of Freud?
Freud focused on factors that motivate behavior; Piaget focused on intellectual development.
Freud focused on factors that motivate behavior; Piaget focused on evolution and natural selection.
Piaget viewed development as a product of interaction between biological and environmental forces.
Piaget focused on the family unit; Freud was more interested in the individual.
Which statement below identifies a major difference between learning theories and psychoanalytic theories?
Psychoanalytic theories take into account the change in development over time.
Learning theories are much older than psychoanalytic theories.
Learning theories can be tested and applied to real life situations.
Psychoanalytic theories include such factors as the person's environment and its impact on development.
Which of the following is an example of systems theory?
A young girl's interaction with her family, community, school and church all have impact on her development and growth.
A boy is ignored and left alone much of his childhood, greatly affecting how he feels about his self-image.
A family that eats dinner together every night enjoys a positive, happy relationship.
A person's thought processes impact how she views the world around her.
How are learning theories different from cognitive developmental theories?
Their focus on the way individuals learn new behaviors makes learning theories different.
Their ability to be tested and their focus on changes throughout the human lifespan makes learning theories different.
Their acknowledgement of unconscious motivation and the importance of early experiences makes learning theories different.
Their influence in the field of education and the large amount of supporting research makes learning theories different.
One of the most influential theories of human development is psychoanalytic theory.
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Freud was a pioneer with his psychoanalytic theory of personality and his psychosexual development theory.
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Erikson expanded Freud's theories in a few ways and developed his own theory of psychosocial development.
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Psychoanalytic theory's strength lies in its awareness of unconscious motivation and the importance of early experiences on development.
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Some researchers began to study only those things that could be measured and quantified. This led to the emergence of learning theories.
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Ivan Pavlov studied learning through association in his theory of classical conditioning.
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J.F. Skinner examined the effects of reinforcement and punishment in his theory of operant conditioning.
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Another way to look at human development is through cognitive development theories.
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Albert Bandura considered the effects of behavior modeling in his social learning theory.
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A minor figure in cognitive development theory is Jean Piaget.
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Jean Piaget He revolutionized the way we look at child development by proposing the idea that children think differently than adults.
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Cognitive behavioral theories are supported by research and are influential in parenting and in the field of education.
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Systems theories look at how people interact with their environment and how these interactions relate to biological factors and behavior.
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Evolutionary developmental psychology is the application of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and natural selection to the process of human development.
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Gilbert Gottlieb is an important figure in epigenetic psychobiological systems perspective, which views development as a product of interaction between biological and environmental forces.
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Ecological systems theory was developed by Urie Bronfenbrenner.
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Systems theory's main strength is its emphasis on the interaction of many different factors in determining development
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Each developmental theory provides a set of guiding principles and concepts that describe human development.
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Think back to Timmy's behavior the Learning theory might explain his actions as a learned response.
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The major strength of behavioral learning theories is their ability to be tested and to be practically applied.
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A. Freud was a very important human development theorists.
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