review sheet chapters 1&5

here is a review sheet for the chapters we have gone over so far for exam 1.  we'll talk more about this in class tonight.

Review Sheet

CHAPTER 1

            -Definitions of child development/ what does it cover

            - nature-nurture debate, both sides and what is the core of the debate

            - Theory- definition, and why we use them

                        -Psychoanalytic theory

                                    - Freud

                                    - Erikson

                        - Behaviorism

                                    - Watson

                                    - Skinner

                        -Social learning theory

                                    - Bandura

                        - Piaget

                        - Bronfenbrenner (just an overview)

           

-       Scientific method

o      Independent and dependant variables

o      Random Assignment

o      Correlations vs experiments

o      Cross sectional vs longitudinal studies

o      Self Reposts and case studies

o      Why research is important.

CHAPTER 5

            -Piaget’s constructionist view

                        -Schema

                        -organization, adaptation, reflective abstraction

            -Stages

                        1- Sensorimotor           

                                    - representational thought

                                    - Object permanence

                        2- Preoperational thought

                                    -Intuitive thought, basic logic

                                    - Language. Symbolic play

                                    - Egocentrism, animism

                                    - Conservation issues and centrism

                        3- Concrete Operational thought

                                    -reversibility

                                    - increased logic

                                    - Decentered

                        4- Formal Operations

                                    -Adolescent egocentrism

                                    -hypothetico-deductive reasoning

                                    - Abstract thought

                                    - combinational logic and reflective thinking

                        -Vygotsky

                                    - Social vs private speech

                                    - Teachable moments