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Kohlberg - Answer-arguably the leading theorist in moral development
Freud's stages are psychosexual while Erick Erickson's stages are - Answer-
psychosocial
In Freudian theory instincts are emphasized . Erik Erickson is an ego psychologist. Ego
psychologists___ - Answer-believe in a man's power of reasoning to control behavior.
Freud vs. Erikson - Answer-Freud stressed the importance of the id while Erikson
stressed ego functions. Ego is the thought center; control to keep impulses in check. Id
is driven by sexual desire (not logical)
The only psychoanalyst who created a development theory which encompasses the
entire life span is____ - Answer-Erik Erikson; Erikson is a psychoanalyst who studied
under Freud. He created a theory with 8 stages - the final stage doesn't start until 60 =
his theory covers all of life.
Erikson's 8 Stages of Development - Answer-0-2 yrs. Trust vs. Mistrust,
2-4 yrs. Autonomy vs. Shame & Doubt,
4-5 yrs. Initiative vs. Guilt,
5-12 yrs. Industry vs. Inferiority,
13-19 yrs. Identity vs. Role Confusion,
20-24 yrs. Intimacy vs. Isolation,
25-64 yrs. Generatively vs. Stagnation,
65- death Ego Integrity vs. Despair
Piaget was ___ - Answer-the leading name in cognitive development in children
The statement, "the ego is dependent on the id," would most likely reflect the work of -
Answer-Sigmund Freud; in Freudian theory the id is emphasized because it's also the
pleasure principle and houses animalistic instincts.
William Perry stressed - Answer-dualistic thinking; common in teens in which things are
conceptualized as good or bad, or right and wrong. **focused on teens and college
students
Jean Piaget's theory has what four stages - Answer-1. sensorimotor
2. preoperations
3. concrete operations
4. formal operations
, Some behavioral scientists have been critical for the Swiss child psychologist Jean
Piaget's developmental research for what reason? - Answer-his findings were often
derived from observing his own kids
Piaget's term conservation refers to ___ - Answer-the notion that a substance's weight,
mass, and volume remain the same even if it changes shape
Trick for remembering conservation - Answer-conservation, counting, and concrete
operations all start with C (Piaget's theory states that during the concrete operational
stage is when individuals also begin counting)
In Piagetian literature, conservation would most likely refer to___ - Answer-volume or
mass
A child masters conservation in the Piagetian stage known as - Answer-concrete
operations
Who expanded on Piaget's conceptualization of Moral Development? - Answer-
Lawrence Kolhberg
According to Piaget, a child masters the concept of reversibility in the concrete
operations (3rd) stage. What is an example of reversibility? - Answer-one can undo an
action, or an object can return to its initial shape. (pouring water from the new glass
back into its original glass.)
During a thunderstorm, a 6-year-old child in Piaget's stage of preoperational thought
(stage 2) says, "The rain is following me." This is an example of - Answer-egocentrism;
by egocentrism Piaget was implying that a child cannot yet view the world from a
vantage point of someone else. **not that the child is egocentric/ self centered.
Lawrence Kohlberg's three stages of moral development - Answer-1. Preconventional
2. conventional
3. post conventional (sometimes called personal integrity)
What is Kohlberg's Heinz Story - Answer-A woman is dying and needs a medication that
costs $2000- They cannot afford it and the doctor won't lower the cost of the medication/
allow the husband to pay out the sum over a period of time. So the husband breaks in to
steal the medication. Should he have done that?
The term identity crisis comes from the work of ___ - Answer-Erikson; he felt that in an
attempt to find out who they really are, teens will experiment with various roles.
Who coined the term "positive psychology"? - Answer-Abraham Maslow. Later
popularized by Martin Seligman
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