Exam 2: Classical Theories of Social and Personality Development

Freud and Erikson are both psychoanalysts, although their theories differ. On what points do they agree? How is Erikson's theory different from Freud's?

According to Freud, the id

Piaget's view of intelligence

Freud believed that the Oedipus complex for males

In general, social-learning theories have

Jean Piaget was especially interested in incorrect answers children gave to his questions because they supported his notion that

The development of object permanence is thought to be an important prerequisite for _____.

Toddlers may often emulate a model -- a process in which they

Piaget uses the term compensation to refer to

In playing a game of "logic" with his dad, John hears dad say "If dogs are animals or plants, and we have deduced that dogs are not animals, then dogs must be what?" John answers, "Well, they must be meat eaters then because I've never seen a dog that looked like a plant." We might conclude from John's answer that John is

According to B.F. Skinner, the vast majority of our behaviors are freely emitted operants that are controlled by

2-7 p. 5What is egocentrism? Provide one example of how egocentrism might influence a child's thinking about him/herself or his/her social behavior.

A toddler's initial reaction on seeing her first horse is to point and say "doggie." According to Piaget, this youngster is providing us with an example of _____.

A 5-year-old who knows his left from his right but who places a pencil held in his left hand into the right hand of a peer facing him when told "place the pencil in Johnnie's left hand" is displaying

A basic distinction between the views of Freud and Erikson is that

According to Erikson, adolescents must grapple with the life crisis called

A child who is able to perform mental activities such as subtraction on his objects of thought is said by Piaget to be capable of constructing _____.

The idea that most human behavior depends on its consequences is the basic premise of

Recent research implies that ______ may account for neonate's ability to imitate some facial features of another person

Bandura's (1965) classic study on the observational learning of aggressive responses is important because it indicated that