Theories and Perspectives Flashcards
big names in psychology
Erik Erikson = psychosocial stage theory
Jean Piaget = cognitive development theory
Lev Vygotsky = sociocultural theory
Ivan Pavlov = classical conditioning
BF Skinner = operant conditioning
Albert Bandura = social cognitive theory
Mary Ainsworth = attachment theory
Diana Baumrind = parenting styles
biology and evolution
- genetics interact with environment to shape health and well-being
- genetics and physiological processes underlie human behaviour
- biological theories may undermine environmental factors
- evolutionary theories are hard to prove
psychoanalytic perspective
- developmental change happens because of the influence of internal drives, emotions, behaviour
psychosocial theory
- development results from interaction between inner instincts and cultural demands
- development occurs across the entire lifespan
- one must move through and successfully resolve eight crises/dilemmas
Erikson’s stages (0-2)
Erikson’s stages (2-3)
AUTONOMY VS SHAME AND DOUBT
Erikson’s stages (4-5)
INITIATIVE VS GUILT
Erikson’s stages (6-11)
INDUSTRY VS INFERIORITY
Erikson’s stages (adolescence)
IDENTITY VS CONFUSION
Erikson’s stages (young adulthood)
INTIMACY VS ISOLATION
Erikson’s stages (middle adulthood)
GENERATIVITY VS STAGNATION
Erikson’s stages (late adulthood)
INTEGRITY VS DESPAIR
cognitive theory
- emphasizes mental aspects of development
- logic, memory
- Jean Piaget
sociocultural theory
- development emerges from interactions with more skilled people and institutions and tools provided by the culture
- language is key tool of cultural interaction
- zone of proximal development
- learning is guided by a learned other - scaffolding
Bronfrenbrenner: Systems theory
- personal + external factors form a dynamic integrated system
- holism
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