Historical & Contemporary Theories Review

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Across
  1. 2. Russian psychologist who proposed that human interaction was influenced by the microsystem, mesosystem, ecosystem, macrosystem, and chronosystem
  2. 4. A theory that our behaviors are learned by observing others rather than conditioning
  3. 6. Theory that culture and social interaction strongly influence cognitive development
  4. 8. Locke's idea that a child's mind is a "blank slate" and learns exclusively from the environment
  5. 13. Theory that human development is influenced by larger social forces of specific categories
  6. 15. AKA "Learning Theory", this theory focuses on measuring behavior since the mind was too difficult to objectively measure
  7. 16. Theorized that children develop cognitions through four stages; sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational & formal operational
  8. 17. "Father of developmental psychology", focused on biological maturation controlling psychology
  9. 18. Early theory that a full human is implanted in a sperm/egg and grows until birth
  10. 19. The interaction between events we experience and our personalities influence our actions
Down
  1. 1. Russian psychologist who developed the sociocultural theory and thought that people also have a set of potential abilities that can be discovered with guidance
  2. 2. Behaviorist who measured the expression of learned violent behavior in children through the "Bobo doll experiments"
  3. 3. Psychodynamic theorist who proposed a series of psychological stages that one must progress through thoroughly for proper development of the next
  4. 5. Collection of scientific ideas that say that our ability of senses and retrieval of information continuously increases as we develop
  5. 7. Theories that focus on our cognitions/mental processes change as we develop
  6. 9. British philosopher whose ideas made the base of behaviorism and theories developed by Skinner, Pavlov, and Bandura
  7. 10. A specific psychological challenge that occurs at each stage of life according to psychosocial theory
  8. 11. Scientist who exclusively believed in the "nature" side of development; that development was activated through the expression of genes as the nervous system matures
  9. 12. Controversial psychologist who focused on the influences of early childhood and the subconscious mind on psychological development
  10. 14. Behaviorist who proposed that learning occurs through conditioning by conducting studies using positive and negative behavior reinforcements