Theories of Play

Piaget's theories were based mainly on cognitive development which occurs in 4 stages. Choose 4 answers.

• Sensorimotor 0-2 years

• Pre-operational 2-7 years

• Concrete operational 7-11 years

• Formal operational 12+

• Machinery operational 18+

True or false, Piaget believed human beings were motivated towards equilibrium - we like to understand our environment.

• True

• False

Piaget believed in the theory of object ___________, when babies realise objects exist even when they can not see them (from 7-9 months approximately)

• Permanence

• Disappearance

Piaget believed that children are bound by their own perspectives, they generally see things from their own point of view. This is called _____________

• ecowarriors

• Egocentrism

• Eco-friendly

Vygotsky believed that the difference in what a child can do with help & what they can do without help is called ZPD. It stands for.. choose 1.

• Zone of Proximal Development

• Zone of Philosophy Development

• Zone of Passionate Development

True or false. Vygotsky and Piaget were known as constructivist theorists. They believed that the learner must be engaged in the learning process.

• True

• False

True or false. Freud & Winnicott were psychoanalytic theorists. They believed that all people poses unconscious thoughts, feelings, memories and desires.

• True

• False

Freud's work was mostly based on (a)   therapy. He believed that children can work through their anxieties and fear, thus promoting feelings of well being and mental health.

True or false. Freud believed that a person's moral personality was composed of 3 parts. The ID (self gratification) The Super Ego (part of the personality that judges an action to be morally correct or not) and the Ego (which balances the other two)

• True

• False

As a result of unpleasant experiences and thoughts an individual (including children) can suffer anxieties. Freud called this

• Angst

• Antsy

• Annoying