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What theory is Bowlby known for?
Attachment Theory - Having a strong connection to a primary caregiver is critical to personal development.
System Theory - Structure and support must be provided in all Community Circles.
Humanism - Using positive, unconditional regard can help an individual find their best self.
Positive Psychology - Change experiences by having positive thoughts (gratitude journal).
Identify Mary Ainsworth’s strange situation:
A strange situation is the study of language development.
The strange situation is a method used to observe a child’s attachment to their caregiver.
The strange situation was a method used to observe a child’s imprinting.
A strange situation occurs when children are adopted from deprived environments.
According to Ainsworth (1978), what are the categories of infant attachment behaviour?
avoidant, ambivalent and secure
avoidance, insecurity and resistance
avoidance behaviours and happy behaviours
insecure resistant, insecurely detached and avoidant
Choose which type of attachment is developed when a child is emotionally and physically independent from the caregiver and they do not seek out the caregiver when distressed:
Secure
Avoidant
Ambivalent
An infant that alternates between wanting the mother and then pushes her away on reunion is displaying signs of which type of attachment?
Insecure
Avoidant
Ambivalent
Secure
Which of the following is true of Bowlby's view on a critical period?
He did not believe there was a critical period at all
He believed that the critical period was the first few weeks of life
He believed there was a sensitive period of about 2 years, after which attachments were harder to form
Who devised the 4 stages of cognitive development?
Alfred Binet
Erik Erikson
Albert Bandura
Jean Piaget
Who devised the zone of proximal development?
Freud
Vygotsky
Ainsworth
Baumrind
Lorenz
Who conducted the Bobo doll experiment?
Kohlberg
Bandura
Baumrind
Piaget
What theory suggested that we learn behaviours by observing and imitating and by reward and punishment?
gender identity
object permanence
self concept
social learning theory
What does Chomsky believe?
Children are born without the predisposition to learn language
Children are born with predisposition to learn language
Children never understand language
True or false: according to Chomsky the human brain is ready to quickly acquire language.
True
False
What does Piaget refer to as the "basic building blocks of thinking"?
Schemas
The stages of cognitive development
The organisation process
Select the two processes involved in adaptation:
Organization and accomodation
Equilibration and assimilation
Assimilation and accomodation
A kid sees a wolf for the first time; he says to his mother: "Look mom, a big dog!" What process of adaptation was used here?
Accomodation
Assimilation
The mother replies: "No, that's a wolf, it's not the same as a dog." The mother knows this because she has seen wolves many times before and knows the difference. What process of adaptation is seen here?
Assimilation
Accomodation
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