Theories Flashcards
Bandura
Social Learning Theory. Children learn by observing others. Attention Remember Motivation Skills
Bobo doll experiment
Skinner
Operant conditioning
Positive reinforcement
Negative reinforcement
Punishment
Rat experiment
Bronfenbrenner
Children are influenced by their family, friends and community.
Microsystem
Mesosystem
Exosystem
Macrosystem
Piaget
Stage model of cognitive development- children use experiences to create their own thoughts and logic Stages of development- Sensorimotor- 0-2yrs Pre operational - 2-7yrs Concrete operational - 7-11 yea Formal operational - 11-15yrs
Moral development-
Pre moral - 0-4yrs
Moral realism - 4-7yrs/7-11yrs
Moral relativism- 11+yrs
Schemes - assimilation & accommodation
Vygotsky
Children learn by being with and supported by adults and other children
ZAD - zone of actual development
ZPD - zone of proximal development
MKO- more knowledgable other
Chomsky
Suggested that children are born with a LAD (language acquisition device) to enable them to learn language.
There is a critical period in which children need to be exposed to language. This is the first 10 years of their lives. If they miss the critical period, they will struggle to learn and speak language .
Athey
Extended Piaget’s theory of schemas
Bruner
Scaffolding snd spiral curriculum- adults can support children to learn quite complex concepts
Modes of thinking-
Enactive
Iconic
Symbolic
Information Processing Theory
Memory
Storage
Retrieval
Erikson
Personality is affected by our interaction with others
Basic trust vs mistrust - 0-1yr Autonomy vs shame - 2-3yr Initiative vs guilt - 4-5yr Industry vs inferiority - 6-12yr Identity vs confusion- 13-18yr
Harter
Self esteem is the product of self concept and our ideal self
Kohlberg
Stages of moral development- Young children are amoral
Pre conventional - 6-13yrs
Conventional- 13-15yrs
Post Conventional/Principled- 16-20yrs
Bowlby
Maternal deprivation can cause long lasting mental issues
Stages of separation anxiety-
Protest
Despair
Detachment
Ainsworth
Strange situation
Type A - anxious avoidant
Type B - securely attached
Type C - anxious resistant
Cooley
Looking glass theory - children develop self image as a rest of others reaction to them