PSYC10004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Learning Theory, Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky

• School: University of Melbourne
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC10004
• Professor: Dr Christopher Groot

Document Summary

Mind, brain, & behaviour 2 (psyc10004) notes. Around 19th century childhood began being seen as valued & different from adulthood (due to atrocity stories" of children). Theories in perspective: freud, erikson, & piaget: stage theorists (step-like). Parents are supporters of development: watson, skinner, & bundura: learning theorists (universal system of learning). Parents are children"s trainers: vygotsky, maslow, & systems / information processing theorists: biology & environment are inseparable components of a larger system. Parents are partners with children in the dev. process.