AP PSYCHOLOGY

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

GENDER DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The theory of which cognitive developmental psychologist heavily influences Kohlberg’s stage theory of gender development?
A
Chomsky
B
Baddeley
C
Freud
D
Piaget
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Based on Piaget’s stage-based theory of cognitive development, Kohlberg (1966) proposed a cognitive-developmental theory of children’s gender development.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kohlberg’s stages of moral development were influenced by the Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget’s stage-based theory of development. Kohlberg expanded on Piaget’s two stages, identifying six stages of moral development.

Detailed explanation-3: -Much of Piaget’s interest in the cognitive development of children was inspired by his observations of his own nephew and daughter. These observations reinforced his budding hypothesis that children’s minds were not merely smaller versions of adult minds.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Theory of Cognitive Development by Jean Piaget, the Swiss psychologist, suggests that children’s intelligence undergoes changes as they grow. Cognitive development in children is not only related to acquiring knowledge, children need to build or develop a mental model of their surrounding world (Miller, 2011).

Detailed explanation-5: -Piaget proposed that children progress through the stages of cognitive development through maturation, discovery methods, and some social transmissions through assimilation and accommodation (Woolfolk, A., 2004). Vygotsky’s theory stressed the importance of culture and language on one’s cognitive development.

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