Week 2b - Development Lifespan

Question 1

What are the biopsychosocial influences of behaviour?

Answer 1

• genes
• chromosomes
• neurons
• hormones
• experience
• social environment

Question 2

Who was Jean Piaget and what did she focus on?

Answer 2

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

- believed that development is influenced through adult influence and is biased

Question 3

What is Piaget’s theory?

Answer 3

• Knowledge is biased and a person constructs knowledge

4 STAGES:

1. ) Sensorimotor stage (-2)
   - goal-directed behaviour
2. ) Pre-operational stage (2-7)
   - increase language ability
3. ) Concrete operational stage (7-11)
   - logical thoughts
4. ) Formal operational stage (11+)
   - solving hypothetical problems

Question 4

Who was Vygotsky and what did he focus on?

Answer 4

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

- believed that it is based on sociocultural experiences through language, culture and history

Question 5

What is Vygotsky’s theory and what 3 contributions has he made?

Answer 5

• social structures and social relations lead to development of mental functions

3 contributions:

1. ) zone of proximal development (ready to learn with assistance
2. ) scaffolding (teaching matching assistance to learners needs)
3. ) private speech > inner speech (commentary children engage in to help regulate behaviour towards self-regulation/ cognitive skills)