Theories Flashcards
Modeling and observation of behavior
Behaviorism
TOTE concept and chunking
Information Processing Theory
Stressed the bidirectional influence between the individual and the environment
Social Ecology
Suggested the stages of cognitive development were qualitatively different
Piaget
Emphasized the psychosocial aspects of development
Erikson
Emphasized the psychosexual aspects of development
Freud
Emphasized critical periods of development, such as imprinting for birds
Ethology
Zone of proximal development, private speech
Vygotsky
Classical and operant conditioning
Behaviorism
Focus of theory is on memory
Information Processing Theory
Focus of the theory is on the interaction between the individual and the external systems
Social Ecology
Sensiormotor, Preoperations, Concrete operations, Formal Operations
Piaget
Included adult stages of development (lifespan perspective)
Erikson
Conscious and unconscious mind
Freud
Focus of the theory is on innate behaviors intended for survival
Ethology