Erik Erikson - answer interested in how children socialize & how this affects their sense
of self; saw personality as developing throughout the life course & looked at identity
crises as focal point for each stage of development
Erikson's 8 Stages of Development - answer1. Trust v. Mistrust
2. Autonomy v. Shame and Doubt
3. Initiative v. Guilt
4. Industry v. Inferiority
5. Identity v. Role Confusion
6. Intimacy v. Isolation
7. Generativity v. Stagnation
8. Ego Integrity v. Despair
Trust v. Mistrust - answerbirth-1 year; learn based on consistency of caregivers
Autonomy v. Shame and Doubt - answerages 1-3; Children begin to assert
independence by walking away from mother and making choices
Initiative v. Guilt - answerages 3-6; children assert themselves more frequently;
plan/initiate activities, make up games
Industry v. Inferiority - answerage 6-puberty; develop sense of pride in accomplishments
Identity v. Role Confusion - answeradolescence; transition from childhood to adulthood;
becoming more independent and begin to look at future plans
Intimacy v. Isolation - answeryoung adulthood; begin to share self more intimately with
others and explore relationships leading toward long term commitments with others
outside the family
Generativity v. Stagnation - answermiddle adulthood; establish careers, settle down in
relationships, begin families, develop sense of being a part of the bigger picture; give
back to society
Ego Integrity v. Despair - answerolder-senior citizens; slow down and contemplate
accomplishments and decide if they're satisfied with the progression of their lives
,Cognitive Development - answerFocuses on development in terms of information
processing, conceptual resources, perceptual skill, language learning and other aspects
of development
Six Levels of Cognition - answer1. Knowledge
2. Comprehension
3. Application
4. Analysis
5. Synthesis
6. Evaluation
Knowledge - answerlevel of cognition involving rote memorization, recognition, or recall
of facts
Comprehension - answerlevel of cognition involving understanding what facts mean
Application - answerlevel of cognition involving correct use of facts, rules or ideas
Analysis - answerlevel of cognition involving braking down information into component
parts
Synthesis - answerlevel of cognition involving the combination of facts, ideas, or
information to make a new whole
Evaluation - answerlevel of cognition involving judging or forming an opinion about the
information or situation
3 Domains of Development - answer1. Cognitive
2. Affective
3. Psychomotor
Cognitive Development - answerdomain involving mental skills or knowledge
Affective Development - answerdomain involving growth in feelings or emotional areas
(attitude or self)
Psychomotor Development - answerdomain involving manual or physical skills
Jean Piaget - answerpsychologist best known for theory of cognitive development
Theory of Cognitive Development (Piaget) - answeraddresses the acquisition of
knowledge and how humans come to acquire it; holds that children learn through
interactions with environment and others
Piaget's stages of Cognitive Development - answer1. Sensorimotor
2. Preoperational
, 3. Concrete Operations
4. Formal Operations
Sensorimotor - answerPiaget's stage of cognitive development between birth and 2
years; involves:
a) retaining images of objects
b)develops primitive logic in manipulating objects
c)begins intentional actions
d) play is imitative
e) signals meaning-invests meaning in event (babysitter arriving means mother is
leaving)
f) symbol meaning begins at end of stage
Preoperational - answerPiaget's stage of cognitive development between ages of 2-7;
involves:
a) progress from concrete to abstract thinking
b) can comprehend past, present and future
c) night terrors
d) acquires words and symbols
e) magical thinking
f) thinking is not generalized
g) thinking is concrete, irreversible and egocentric
h) cannot see another POV
i) thinking centered on one detail/event
--imaginary friends present
Concrete Operations - answerPiaget's stage of cognitive development between ages of
7-11; involves:
a)beginnings of abstract thought
b) plays games with rules
c) cause and effect relationship understood
d) logical implications understood
e) thinking is independent of experience
f) thinking is reversible
g) rules of logic are developed
Formal Operations - answerPiaget's stage of cognitive development age 11-maturity;
involves:
a) higher level of abstraction
b) planning for future
c) thinks hypothetically
d) assumes adult roles and responsibilities
Kohlberg - answerbelieved that moral development parallels cognitive development. His
theory holds that moral reasoning has six identifiable developmental constructive
stages; must pass through each stage without skipping
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