[PSYCH 130] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (27 pages long)
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Developmental theories need to: describe, explain, predict, describing the development of a child allows us to explain and see what drives these changes. This allows us to make predi(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s a(cid:271)out a (cid:272)hild"s real (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior: o(cid:374)e theor(cid:455) (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t e(cid:454)plai(cid:374) e(cid:448)er(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g, t(cid:455)pi(cid:272)all(cid:455) fo(cid:272)us o(cid:374) o(cid:374)e area. Psychoanalytic: children move through a series of stages in which conflicts arise between biological drives and social expectations, freud. Stages need to be completed timely or a child can become fixated in the stage. Putty training to balance so(cid:272)iet(cid:455)"s demand to be cleaned. Attraction to the opposite-sex parent that is turned to be like the same-sex parent. Constant subconscious battle between the three: erik erikson. Behavioral theories: focus on observable conditions and behaviors, change is caused by environmental sources, pavlov. Two stimuli are paired i(cid:374) the perso(cid:374)"s (cid:373)i(cid:374)d i. e. salivating dog: watson. Behaviorism fears are learned through the environment i. e. little albert: skinner.
