Child Development Theorists Quiz
1) Children's personalities develop in response to their social environment
At each stage, a person faces certain conflicts and challenges
a. Erickson
b. Piaget
c. Montessori
d. Gardner
2) Children can think through complex problems, find several solutions, and choose the most logical one; Children
can think in abstract ways
a. Pre-operational
b. Cognitive theory
c. Formal operations
d. Informal operations
3) Erickson believed that children developed in 8 stages. These are as follows:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
4) B.F. Skinner explains how the positive reinforcement will allow the child to ____________ and the negative
reinforcement will allow the child to _________________ that behavior.
a. Change, not change
b. Continue, stop
c. Forget, remember
d. Stop, continue
5) Sigmund Freud
a. Found that experiences in childhood profoundly affect adult life
b. Found that children learn by observing and imitating others.
c. Found that children go through four stages of learning which shapes their view of the world
d. Found that children go through four stages of learning which shapes their view of the world
6) Jean Piaget
a. Found that experiences in childhood profoundly affect adult life
b. Found that children learn by observing and imitating others.
c. Found that children go through four stages of learning which shapes their view of the world
d. Found that children go through four stages of learning which shapes their view of the world
7) Freud’s psychoanalytic theory structures of personality are”
a.
b.
c.
8) Draw Maslow’s hierarchy of needs pyramid with examples of each area (worth 4 points)