Once a person has passed through one of the stages described by Erikson, development of the major task of that stage will
a. continue at a more mature level, although the person will be more focused on the task of the current stage.
b. continue in the same way, because with each stage there is an additional task to be mastered, in a cumulative fashion.
c. disappear because it has been mastered.
d. disappear because it is no longer relevant.
Question 2To which of the following theorists of human development do we attribute the idea that children learn best when adults or older peers facilitate their learning?
a. Erik Erikson
b. Jean Piaget
c. B.F. Skinner
d. Lev Vygotsky
Question 3To which of the following theorists of human development do we attribute the idea that learning involves adaptation and organization?
a. Erik Erikson
b. Jean Piaget
c. B.F. Skinner
d. Lev Vygotsky
Question 4To which of the following theorists do we attribute the idea that people undergo eight stages of development during their lifetime, each involving a conflict between opposite outcomes?
a. Erik Erikson
b. Jean Piaget
c. B.F. Skinner
d. Lev Vygotsky
Question 5Who is often referred to as the father of kindergarten?
a. Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
b. Johann Pestalozzi.
c. Friedrich Froebel.
d. Maria Montessori.
Question 6The history of early childhood education in America, especially during the first half of the twentieth century, is
a. almost nonexistent, because most of the foundations of the field were European.
b. filled with stories of determined, creative, strong women whose groundwork shaped the field as it is today.
c. predominantly one of psychologists who instructed young lower-class women in the ways of working with young children.
d. primarily a history of the Montessori movement in the country.