Question 1

Identify one key difference between Bandura's cognitive social-learning theory and Skinner's operant learning theory.

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Question 2

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

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Question 3

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

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Question 4

Describe two lasting contributions that Piaget has made to the field of developmental psychology.

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Question 5

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

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Question 6

Reciprocal determinism suggests that human development reflects an interaction among three key elements.Identify these three elements and provide an example that illustrates the notion of reciprocal determinism in development.

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Question 7

The continuity/discontinuity issue centres on the course of human development.Explain how a theorist from the continuity side of the issue would view development,and contrast that with the view of a theorist who takes a discontinuous view of development.

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Question 8

List the five subsystems that make up Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory and explain what is included in each subsystem.

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Question 9

Describe Bandura's concept of observational learning,including a descriptive example.

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Question 10

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

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Question 11

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

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Question 12

List and describe the major characteristics of a good theory.

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Question 13

Piaget believed that children develop intellectually through the complementary processes of assimilation and accommodation.Use an appropriate example to illustrate each of these two processes.

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Question 14

List three prominent neo-Freudian theorists and identify the developmental area each individual has been most extensively involved with.

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Question 15

List each of Piaget's four stages of cognitive development,noting the ages when each stage occurs and the main characteristics of each stage.

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Question 16

Describe the active/passive issue as it applies to developmental change.

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Question 17

List the first five stages in Erikson's theory of personality development,noting the ages when each stage occurs,and provide a brief description of each stage.

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Question 18

Explain how reinforcers and punishers affect behaviour.

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Question 19

Outline the learning view of human development.

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Question 20

List the key characteristics of the mechanistic,organismic,and contextual models,and identify the developmental theories that match these different views.

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Quiz 2: Theories of Human Development