Psychoanalytic theories explain development as unconscious processes that are heavily colored by emotion (Santrock 2014). Sigmund Freud was a psychoanalytic theorist who established a psychosexual theory believing that development occurred during life stage conflicts between a source of pleasure and the demands of reality. Many theorists after Freud believed that there was a good basis in Freud’s theory but it relied too much on the idea of sexual instincts. One such theorist was Erik Erikson
The Theories of Jean Piaget This essay is about Jean Piaget's theory. Piaget's theory has two main strands: first, an account of the mechanisms by which cognitive development takes place; and second, an account of the four main stages of cognitive development through which children pass. Piaget suggested that there are four main stages in the cognitive development of children. In the first two years, children pass through a sensory-motor stage during which they progress
The RR Communication Company is a well established company previously that operated on four business line outline. Over a time the RR communication company has been experiencing issues regarding the overall delivery of services and general working of the business. The customers have not been enjoying the quality of the services. Instead the services were poorly delivered. The company itself has experienced a list of failed projects that have been initiated at all departments. The company return on
Psychological theories fall primarily into three categories, cognitive, humanistic, and behavioral. These types of theories aim to explore the reasoning behind the way individuals function in different areas of their lives. Cognitive theories will apply to learning, while behavioral theories will explain how conditioning shapes people and humanistic theories will examine how individuals influence themselves. These theories are throughout the lifespan from birth to death. Cognitive Theories By definition
periods in a child 's development, since each period is a continuum with individual differences regarding start and ending. Some age-related development periods and examples of defined intervals are: newborn ; infant ; toddler ; preschooler ; school-aged child ; adolescent . However, organizations like Zero to Three and the World Association for Infant Mental Health use the term infant as a broad category, including children from birth to age 3. Promoting child development through parental training
Vygotsky and Piaget Theory Vygotsky and Piaget Cognitive development can be described as the process in which a person constructs their thoughts for example, remembering things, problem solving and attention. In this essay I am going to evaluate the theories of Piaget and Vygotsky. I will look into the weaknesses and strengths of the theories with supporting evidence and also the similarities and the differences of the two theories. Piaget believed that children develop through the
science of human developmental psychology. The science of human development pursues to develop an understanding of how and why all kinds of people, everywhere change or remain the same over time. Sigmund Freuds (1856-1936) theory of psychosexual development describes how a personals personality develops of the course of their childhood. This is a well-known theory in psychology however it has always been quite controversial during both Freud’s time and in modern psychology. There are 5 stages of Freud’s
questions of child development throughout lifespan were not addressed in studies on psychology (Berk, 2007). Numerous studies were held in order to establish the model for explanation of human development across different domains in lifespan perspective. Jean Piaget built a reliable theoretical model, where he focused on cognitive development. So far, he proposed a high significance of interaction between child and environment, underlining its great influence on the development of personality. He
The theories of development have been created through the decades to assist counselors in their daily routine of their ability to support their clients. There are four theories that are relevant to Human development, but for the sake of time, we will only go into depth on three of the four. The three theories that we will discuss are Behaviorism theory, Psychoanalytic Theory, and Ecological Systems Theory. Some of the sub- theories we will discuss are Psychosexual Development Theory, Psychosocial
Developmental theories help teachers in many ways to enrich their teaching and student’s learning process. Therefore, it is very important teachers to apply the key ideas of these developmental theories in their teaching career to the betterment of students. This document will present a brief description of four major developmental theories and will focus on how these theories can be applied in my real teaching world as a middle-school teacher. Four major developmental