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3 - Theoretical Foundations of Child Development

from Part 1 - The Study of Human Development

Phillip T. Slee
Phillip T. Slee
Affiliation:
Flinders University of South Australia
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Summary

‘…Such a Pleasant Temper’

‘You can't think how glad I am to see you again, you dear old thing!’ said the Duchess, as she tucked her arm affectionately into Alice's, and they walked off together. Alice was very glad to find her in such a pleasant temper, and thought to herself that perhaps it was only the pepper that had made her so savage when they met in the kitchen.

Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass

KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS

  • Psychoanalysis

  • Id

  • Ego

  • Superego

  • Erogenous zones

  • Classical conditioning

  • Operant conditioning

  • Reinforcement

  • Punishment

  • Humanism

  • Existentialism

  • Phenomenology

  • Self-actualisation

  • Sensori-motor period

  • Pre-operational period

  • Concrete operations period

  • Formal operations period

  • constructivism

Introduction

This chapter will consider a number of the major theories listed in Figure 1.1 (see chapter 1), including psychoanalytic, psychosocial, behavioural, humanistic, cognitive–developmental and social systems theory. In this second edition, additional information is provided regarding evolutionary, ecological and dynamic systems theory. In discussing the various theories, the work of key writers and researchers will be examined, namely Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson, Ivan Pavlov, Burrhus Skinner, John Watson, Albert Bandura, Abraham Maslow, Jean Piaget, Eleanor Maccoby and Gregory Bateson. The third item in The Family Life-cycle series introduces the concept of family life-cycle.

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Child, Adolescent and Family Development , pp. 47 - 78
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2002

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