Exam 2: Theories of Human Development

According to Piaget,which of the following best describes the process of assimilation?

Describe the nature/nurture issue as it applies to developmental psychology and explain the contemporary view regarding this issue.

After reading the textbook,Ed concludes that children actively influence the environmental contexts that impact their development.He also believes development shows continuities and discontinuities,and that nurture has the most impact on the final development outcomes that are observed.Which world view does Ed's position reflect?

Two-year-old Letitia throws a temper tantrum.According to Freud,which part of Letitia's personality exerted control during her tantrum?

What is the focus of mechanistic models of development?

Piaget was the first modern-day developmental theorist to stress which of the following?

Describe the two sides to the debate surrounding the holistic nature of development.

According to Piaget,what are adaptive,intelligent interactions dependent on?

What does the ethological view of human development emphasize as an important factor in development?

Explain what ethologists mean by a sensitive period,and provide one example of a characteristic that shows evidence of having a sensitive period.

Which criticism might Bandura or Skinner offer regarding ethological theory?

According to the principle of reciprocal determinism,what would cause one boy in a group to become a bully?

Describe Vygotsky's sociocultural model and compare it to Piaget's model of cognitive development.

According to Freud,what does the id seek?

Brett is 25 years old and has not yet decided what he wants to do with his life.He changed majors in college three times in the last two years and he has considered dropping out of college altogether.According to Erikson,which crisis has Brett failed to resolve?

In comparison to Freud's emphases in his psychosexual theory of personality development,what did Erikson emphasize in his psychosocial theory?

Jamal tells you that he thinks children are at the mercy of forces beyond their control and that it is the parents' fault when children get into trouble.With respect to the activity/passivity issue,what does Jamal's statement reflect?

Developmentalists disagree on the extent to which children contribute directly to their own development.What is this controversy known as?

According to Vygotsky's sociocultural perspective,when do children learn best?

Compare and contrast the information-processing view of cognitive development with Piaget's view.