Exam 2: Theories of Development: Interpreting the Lifespan

According to Vygotsky, children's cognitive growth depends on:

The psychosocial strength to be gained during young adulthood is:

Children are able to be potty-trained, because they have developed control of their anal sphincters as well as matured sufficiently to understand what is being asked of them. According to Vygotsky, this milestone is due to __________ processes.

Freud's definition of the __________ is a storage place for ideas and impulses below our awareness that strongly influence our behavior.

Ebeneezer has stopped attending family functions, as he is sure people only pretend to like him for his money. He has no wife, no children, and no friends. According to Erikson, Ebeneezer is so obnoxious because:

Tyson has a good sense of self, even though he is only 17 years old. He has friends from many different groups and can tolerate their different viewpoints without compromising his own beliefs. Erikson would say that Tyson has achieved the psychosocial strength of:

Stacy chose not to have children so she could focus on her career. Now that she is 40, Stacy finds herself unfulfilled at her job but doesn't know what is missing in her life. Stacey is experiencing __________ according to Erikson.

Piaget's schemes are most closely related to:

Lily lives in Australia, where she enjoys freedoms that little girls in other countries, like Afghanistan, can only dream about. As such, Lily has been able to explore the country on her family's station. Her navigation skills are excellent. This is an example of the influence of the __________ on Lily's development.

Maslow's concept of self-actualization is related to Erikson's outcome of:

Piaget's greatest legacy is thought to be the attention he brought to the role of ___________ in development.

__________ is the main tension that individuals experience during resolution of Erikson's life stages.

Which of the following statements regarding Bandura's research on modeling and aggression is accurate?

The last stage of Maslow's hierarchy of needs is:

Of the following researchers, who would be most closely aligned with classical conditioning?

__________ is associated with humanistic psychology.

For Piaget, children learned about the world primarily due to:

Who created the bioecological model of development?

Eighteen-year-old Tim feels pressured by internal needs and the external demands of society to make a major change in a new direction, and so he decides to attend college. Erikson termed these types of developmental situations:

In Piaget's theory of development, _________ are the organized patterns of thought and action.