PSY 2301 Chapter 2: Theories of Development
29 Sep 2017
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Psychoanalytic theories: theories proposing that developmental change happened because of the in uences of internal drives and emotions on behavior. Psychosexual stages: freud"s 5 stages of personality development through which children move in a. Evolution of psychoanalytic theories strengths: highlight the importance of the child"s earliest relationship with caregivers helpful concepts (ego, id, etc) weaknesses: vague concepts. Behaviorism: the view that de nes development in term of behavior changes caused by environmental in uences developed by john watson (1878-1958) learning theories: theories asserting that development results from an accumulation of experiences. Classical conditioning classical conditioning: learning that results from the association of stimuli begins with a re ex, a biologically programmed stimulus-response connection unconditioned stimulus-unlearned/natural unconditioned response-unlearned/natural conditioned stimulus-learned conditioned response-learned. Evaluation of learning can explain consistency and change in behavior tend to be optimistic about possibility of change give accurate picture of how behaviors are learned does not contribute to the understanding of age-related changes.
