HUMAN DEVELOPMENT THEORIES
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
SOLUTIONS 2024
Biosocial Development (Domain of Human Development) - ANSWER Includes genetic, nutritional, and
health factors that affect growth and change. Motor skills are also part of this domain.
Cognitive Development (Domain of Human Development) - ANSWER Includes all mental processes.
Encompasses perception, imagination, judgement, memory, and language.
Psychosocial Development (Domain of Human Development) - ANSWER Includes development of
emotions, temperament, and social skills.
List the major theories of human developement - ANSWER Psychoanalytic (Psychosexual and
Psychosocial), Learning (Behaviorism and Social Learning), Cognitive (Developmental-Constructivism and
Information Processing), Sociocultural, Systems (Ecological) and Humanistic
Name the two theories in the Psychoanalytic Theory of Human Development - ANSWER Psychosexual
and Psychosocial
Name the two theories in the Learning Theory of Human Development - ANSWER Behaviorism and
Social Learning
Name the two theories in the Cognitive Theory of Human Development - ANSWER Developmental-
Constructivism and Information Processing
Name the theory in the Systems Theory of Human Development - ANSWER Ecological
Psychoanalytic Theory - ANSWER A theory of human development that holds that irrational, unconscious
drives and motives, often originating in childhood, underlie human behavior.
Psychosocial Stages and Scientist
(Psychoanalytic Theory) - ANSWER Erik Erikson
Trust vs. Mistrust, Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt, Initiative vs. Guilt, Industry vs. Inferiority, Identity vs.
Role Confusion, Intimacy vs. Isolation, Generativity vs. Stagnation and Integrity vs. Despair
Learning Theory - ANSWER Conceptual frameworks describing how information is absorbed, processed,
and retained during learning
Behaviorism and Scientist
(Learning Theory) - ANSWER John Watson
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