1. The Developing Person Through the Life Span Ninth Edition by Kathleen Stassen Berger Clicker Question Presentation Slides Chapter 2
Critical Thinking Questions created by Jason S. Spiegelman, The Community College of Baltimore County

2. Psychoanalytic theory, learning theory, and cognitive theory all belong to the category of:
emergent theories.
grand theories.
mini-theories.
epigenetic systems.
Answer B

3. A key component of operant conditioning is:
a neutral stimulus.
reinforcement.
modeling.
copied behaviors.
Answer B

4. When a new experience does not fit current understanding, a person tends to experience a confusing state called:
cognitive disequilibrium.
adaptation.
accommodation.
assimilation.
Answer A

5. Sociocultural theory suggests that:
society and culture are simple external variables impinging on the developing person.
parents the world over pick up a crying baby.
people shape and are shaped by their culture.
all of the above.
Answer C

6. Critical Thinking Questions

7. Your friend advised you that your child’s grocery-store temper tantrums continue to occur because you are reinforcing the behavior. What theory has influenced your friend’s thinking?
psychoanalytic
behaviorism
sociocultural
epigenetic
Answer B

8. You want to teach your child to build a tower with blocks
You want to teach your child to build a tower with blocks. Which theorist would suggest that you do this through guided participation?
Freud
Skinner
Piaget
Vygotsky
Answer D

9. Because you keep your room so impeccably neat, your friend says “You might be fixated at the anal stage!” Whose developmental theory has influenced your friend’s beliefs?
Freud’s
Skinner’s
Piaget’s
Vygotsky’s
Answer A