Exam 1: Themes and Perspectives in Developmental Psychology

Freud developed a psycho______ theory.

A microgenetic approach involves:

Chomsky is a:

In classical conditioning, an example of "psychic learning" is:

Freud's theory focused mainly on:

According to Skinner, behavior is ______ reinforcement.

Pavlov's theory of classical conditioning focused on associations between:

In Skinnerian conditioning, the word "reinforcement" means:

Negative reinforcement means:

Successful theories:

Behaviorists argue that language development is the product of:

Modern theories seek to:

Chomsky's theory principally relates to:

The continuity-discontinuity debate is a ______ theme in developmental psychology.

Piaget's view about missing a stage of development was that it:

The behaviorist tradition stresses the importance of:

Reaching puberty is an example of:

Piaget argued that the thinking in one stage of development is ______ the thinking in another stage.

Theories that regard children as mini adults:

In saying that young children are egocentric, Piaget meant that they: