Developmental Approach

Question 0

What are the assumptions?

Answer 0

Cognitive, emotional and behavioural development is an ongoing process and that such changes result from an interaction of nature and nurture.

Question 1

What are the core studies?

Answer 1

1. Freud
2. Bandura
3. Samuel & Bryant

Question 2

What are the strengths?

Answer 2

• offers an explanation on why individuals of different ages demonstrate different intellectual abilities, social skills, emotion response
• adds to nature vs nurture debate
• case study= qualitative data

Question 3

What are the weaknesses?

Answer 3

• often claimed to be reductionist
• many proposals in relation to age-development have been too rigid
• relies heavily on children= ethics

Question 4

What is a similarity and difference between Freud and Bandura?

Answer 4

SIMILARITY:
•Both suggest experiences with adults have big effect on child (aggression of model/parents+psychosexual stages)

DIFFERENCE:
•B= matched groups
•F= longitudinal case study on 1 PP

Question 5

What is a similarity and difference between S&B and Bandura?

Answer 5

SIMILARITY:
•Lab exp= low Eco validity but high control of extraneous variables

DIFFERENCE:
•S&B= nature: different ages, different conserve
•B= nurture: watching violence makes aggressive

Question 6

What is a similarity and difference between S&B and Freud?

Answer 6

SIMILARITY:
•Both deal with stages of development
S&B= pre concrete
F= phallic

DIFFERENCE:
•S&B= very scientific and well controlled
•F= subjective to opinion