Child Development Theory Flashcards
Emphasizes overt behavior; what people do
Behaviorism
Impact of historical, social, and cultural context
Contextual(ism)
Focuses on the thought processes; what people think
Cognitive/Interactionism
Focsues on emotions, unconscious determinants
Psychodynamic/Analytic
Known as the inherent behavior
Evolutionary Theory
These two gentleman were involved with classical conditioning expermients
Watson & Pavlov
He found a method to decondition fears by using systematic desensitization
Watson
The type of learning through repeated pairing of stimulus and response (focus on the stimulus)
classical conditioning
Focuses on how the consequences of a behavior affect the likelihood that the behavior will be repeated
Operant Conditioning
Behavior is more likely to occur after the presentation
positive reinforcement
Removing of a negative, or aversive, condition
negative reinforcement
The application of unpleasant consequences to decrease the likelihood that a behavior will be repeated
punishment
He was concerned with how the environment shapes people’s behaviors
Skinner
Individuals are greatly influenced by other people
Social Learning Theory
He believes that children and adults imitate, or model, the behavior of other people through modeling, which allows individuals to learn new behaviors
Bandura
There are 4 steps to modeling:
HINT: A.R.M.R.M
- Attention*
- Retention*
- Motor Reproduction*
- Reinforcement and Motivation*
He believed that children use different thought processes
Jean Piaget
These are cognitive guides, blueprints for processing information
schemes
Piaget stated that there are 4 stages of cognitive development in children:
Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete Operational, and Formal Operational Stage
This is the stage where the child interacts with the environment by manipulating objects
Sensori-motor
The stage where a child’s manner of thinking is dominated by perception, is capable of symbolic functioning; language dvelopment occurs; and influenced by own perception of environment
(Preconceptual: 2-4 yrs / Intuitive 4-7 yrs)
Preoperational
At this stage the child uses logic in problem solving; logical reasoning can only be applied to objects that are real or can be seen
(7-11 1/2 years)
Concrete Operations
The child can think logically about potential events or abstract ideas
(11/12+)
Formal Operations