Development Unit: Studies

Question 1

Piaget

Answer 1

3: 4 stages of cognitive development: sensorimotor, pre-operational, concrete operational, formal operations; focus on physical environment

Question 2

Vygotsky

Answer 2

3: language is important in cognitive growth; emphasizes social interaction

Question 3

Schaffet

Answer 3

5: 1996: attachment develops by 7 months and the baby recognizes the mom and displays stranger anxiety

Question 4

Bowlby

Answer 4

5: internal working model: mental representation of the child’s first attachment relationship

Question 5

Ainsworth

Answer 5

5: 1970: strange situation to measure child’s attachment

Question 6

Hazan and Shaver

Answer 6

5: 1987: created love quiz and concluded that romantic relationships share similarities to attachment relationships

Question 7

Whiting and Edwards

Answer 7

9: 1973: studied many countries, females were nurturing, males were aggressive and dominant; differences due to socialization pressures

Question 8

Money

Answer 8

9: 1950: intersex individuals could change gender within first two years (biosocial theory of gender development)

Question 9

Martin and Halverson

Answer 9

9: 1983: showed kids pictures of stereotypical behavior, memory distortions of non-stereotypic behavior