Theories of Development and How the Frameworks to Support Development Can Influence Practice
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Some of the theories of development and how the frameworks to support development can influence practice:
Jean Piaget (1896-1980)
Jean Piaget believed that intelligence is a process that helps an organism adapt to its environment. His
“Cognitive-Developmental Theory” suggested four major periods of cognitive development. Piaget’s influence created a revolution in human development theory. He proposed the existence of four major stages, or “periods,” during which children and adolescents are able to use symbols and to reason in abstract ways. This was the most influential of the six major theories in the 1970s and 1980s, and dominated the study of child development.
Albert Bandura claimed that humans are cognitive (concerned with acquisition of knowledge) beings. Individuals process information from the environment and this plays a major role in learning and human development. This is the essence of his “Social
Learning Theory”. This theory modified the traditional learning theory developed by B. F.
Skinner and others, which was based on ‘stimulus-response’ relationships. They thought that learning was no different among infants, children, adults, or even animals. Bandura’s approach is influential in the analysis of media violence on children and the treatment of problem behaviours and disorders.
Freud and Eriksson
Early experience and stages of development –
Sigmund Freud challenged prevailing notions of human nature and human development. The proposed that individuals are driven by motives and emotions of which they are largely unaware. He believed that individuals are shaped by their earliest experiences in life. This
“Psychodynamic Theory” includes concepts such as the “Oedipus Complex” and Freud’s five stages of psycho-sexual development. Freudian thinking is deeply embedded in our culture and constantly influences our view of human nature but his ideas are now widely disputed. Gessell - Genetic and biological
Some of the theories of development and how the frameworks to support development can influence practice:
Jean Piaget (1896-1980)
Jean Piaget believed that intelligence is a process that helps an organism adapt to its environment. His
“Cognitive-Developmental Theory” suggested four major periods of cognitive development. Piaget’s influence created a revolution in human development theory. He proposed the existence of four major stages, or “periods,” during which children and adolescents are able to use symbols and to reason in abstract ways. This was the most influential of the six major theories in the 1970s and 1980s, and dominated the study of child development.
Albert Bandura claimed that humans are cognitive (concerned with acquisition of knowledge) beings. Individuals process information from the environment and this plays a major role in learning and human development. This is the essence of his “Social
Learning Theory”. This theory modified the traditional learning theory developed by B. F.
Skinner and others, which was based on ‘stimulus-response’ relationships. They thought that learning was no different among infants, children, adults, or even animals. Bandura’s approach is influential in the analysis of media violence on children and the treatment of problem behaviours and disorders.
Freud and Eriksson
Early experience and stages of development –
Sigmund Freud challenged prevailing notions of human nature and human development. The proposed that individuals are driven by motives and emotions of which they are largely unaware. He believed that individuals are shaped by their earliest experiences in life. This
“Psychodynamic Theory” includes concepts such as the “Oedipus Complex” and Freud’s five stages of psycho-sexual development. Freudian thinking is deeply embedded in our culture and constantly influences our view of human nature but his ideas are now widely disputed. Gessell - Genetic and biological