comparisons : views on development

Question 1

What are the psychodynamic approach’s views on development?

Answer 1

It provides a coherent theory of child development by discussing the psychosexual stages which are determined by age. However, it stops at the genital stage (teenage years) and sees no further development.

Question 1

What are the cognitive approach’s views on development?

Answer 1

It uses stage theories ( moral development and gender development) which aid our understanding of child development.

Question 2

What are the biological approach’s views on development?

Answer 2

Age and maturation are concepts of the approach in which genetically determined changes in physiology influence behavioural characteristics.

Question 3

What are the humanistic and social learning theory approach’s views on development?

Answer 3

They don’t use stage theories of child development but they see learning as continuous occurring at any stage.