HDFS 1930 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cognitive Map, Mental Representation, Edward C. Tolman
3 Oct 2016
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Chapter 2: major theories for understanding human development. Theories for the study of human development: evolution theory, psychosexual theory, cognitive development theory, theories of learning, cultural theory, social role theory, systems theory. What is a theory: logical system of beliefs. Contributes to development of body of knowledge: three questions to ask: Theory of evolution: darwin emphasized adaptive value of behaviors and physical characteristics to specific environments: Studies the survival value of unique adaptive behavior and its evolutionary history: evolutionary psychology. Studies long term historical origins of a behavior: implications of development. Healthy growth and development leading up to reproduction period. Parent offspring to survive and bear their own offspring. Psychosexual theory: children move through a series of stages. Confront conflicts between biological drives and social expectations: healthy personality development. Determined by how parents manage child"s early sexual and aggressive drives: freud believed that all behavior is motivated. Sexual and aggressive forces that desire to be satisfied.
