Exam 2: Theories of Development

Psychoanalytic theorists suggest that human development depends on

Which of the following contexts of development includes those variables to which people are exposed directly,such as families,schools,religious institutions,and neighborhoods?

Niko plans to go to a good college.He seems unconcerned about competitive admissions policies because he believes that if he studies hard,he can get in wherever he wants.Bandura would consider this an example of which of the following?

The underlying principle of classical conditioning is teaching an organism to exhibit a biologically programmed reflex in response to a ________ stimulus.

An important addition to the three traditional broad theories of development has been the ________ foundations of development.

Piaget believed that children use both assimilation and accommodation to create schemes that fit the reality of their environments.Which of the following terms did he use to describe this process?

Which of these best illustrates the principles of social-cognitive theory?

Briefly describe the function of the id in human behavior.

Freud is to psychosexual as Erikson is to ________.

Elsa was frequently neglected as a child.As an infant,she would be left in wet diapers,and she was not fed on a regular schedule.Which of the following crises was not properly resolved?

________ studies animals in their natural environment.

Identify the three broad families of developmental theories,and the fourth,which has been added recently to account for one of the major shortcomings of the original three.

I say that a friend of mine is carrying "excess baggage" into his relationships.Erikson would say that my friend has unresolved ________.

Behavior is more likely to reoccur if

Why do we sometimes persist in behaviors even though we have been punished for them?

Which of the following was a finding of Kail's (1990,2008)research on children's cognitive development?

In terms of usefulness and reliability,which of the following is true of Vygotsky's sociocultural theory?

Miguel is expected to clean his room and to empty all trash in the house.When Miguel forgets his chores,he is grounded.Which of the following has been appropriately applied if Miguel remembers to do his chores?

All learning theories rely on the principle that development results from an accumulation of ________.

Three-year-old Tran used to call all flying objects such as airplanes and slowly falling leaves "birds." Now he correctly labels airplanes,butterflies,birds,and bees.Which Piagetian process has Tran accomplished?