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Developmental Theories
Be able to answer the following:
What is the name of your theorist?
Was this person best known for research about the
social/emotional intellectual, or physical development of
children?
Briefly explain this person’s development theory.
Do you agree with or like this theory? Why or why not?
Using children you know or have observed give an example of
this theory.
Lawrence Kohlberg
• Kohlberg’s work aids both our
understanding of the ways in which
individuals make moral decisions, and
demands that we use a more discerning
system to critique the systems of justice
that are in place in our societies.
Abraham
Maslow
1908-1970
• His theory states:
– Describe the needs pyramid and give an example:
Self-actualization Esteem needs -
Belonging needs Safety needs Physiological needs -
Erik
Erikson
1902 - 1994
• His theory states:
Eight Stages of Development
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Sigmund
Freud
1856 - 1939
• His theory states:
– Define the following and give an
example of how they work together.
• Id • Ego • Superego -
Noam
Chomsky
1928 -
• His theory states:
– One example of this is:
Jean
Piaget
1896 - 1980
• His theory states:
– Stages of Development
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B.F.
Skinner
1904 - 1990
• His theory states:
– One example of this is:
Maria Montessori
• Montessori theory that can be applied
across all ages. Those principles are:
Independence, Observation, Following the
Child, Correcting the Child, Prepared
Environment and Absorbent Mind.
Albert Bandura
• Proposed social learning theory.
According to this theory of child
development, children learn new
behaviors from observing other people.
Lev Vygotsky
• Like Piaget, Vygotsky believed that
children learn actively and through handson experiences.
Barry Brazelton
• Theory on Newborn Development. He
focused on emotional expressions on the
ways their parents react to, and thereby
affect the baby…
Dr. Spock
• Parents before the War period had been
told that picking up infants when they cried
would only spoil them..
• Spock countered that cuddling babies and
bestowing affection on children would only
make them happier and more secure.