and engage children in their learning and development. Theorists focused on cognitive development such as Piaget and Vygotsky stressed the importance of the social environment in helping children realise their potential. Whilst behaviourists like Skinner believed that children learn/develop through consequences and reinforcements after an initial behaviour. Other theorists‚ like Freud and Maslow‚ examined the influence of personality and motivation as factors that influence our behaviour. Bandura further
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These are classical and operant conditioning. B.F Skinner developed these theories and even applied them to his own children. Skinner believed that by praising a child for good behaviour or actions‚ it encouraged them to repeat the positive behaviour. “All we need to know in order to describe and explain behaviour is this: Actions followed by good outcomes are likely to recur and actions followed by bad outcomes are less likely to recur” (BF Skinner 1953). Operant Conditioning is a theory in which
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behaviour development. Each perspective will be described in as much detail as possible‚ and the theorist that are linked to them. The main perspectives are; * Psychodynamic * Freud * Behaviourist * Skinner * Cognitive * Piget * Humanist * Rogers‚ Maslow‚ Cooley and mead * Social learning The psychodynamic perspective This perspective is very much based on the early work of Sigmund Freud. It is believed that behaviour is made from a child’s subconscious feelings
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personal factors (health status‚ disability‚ sensory impairment‚ learning difficulties) b) Explain how current practice is influenced by: - theories of development (cognitive (e.g. Piaget)‚ psychoanalytic (e.g. Freud)‚ humanist (e.g. Maslow)‚ social Learning (e.g. Bandura)‚ operant conditioning (e.g. Skinner)‚ behaviourist (e.g. Watson)) External factors can affect the child’s development these vary and can affect more than 1 area of development such as poverty and deprivation can affect the
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practice today or not) (useful book ‘Understanding Early Years theory in Practice’ ‚ Byers‚ E et al Heinemann publishers ISBN number 978-0-435402-123-6 can be found in LRC at college) a) theories of development Cognitive (Piaget‚ Jerome Bruner‚ Lev vygotsky (only do his theories of zone of proximal development) & Erik Erikson) (stages of cognitive development) Cognitive theory is an attempt to explain human behavior by trying to understand the initial thought process behind it. The
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3 EXPLAIN HOW THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT AND FRAMEWORKS TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT INFLUENCE CURRENT PRACTICE. Theories of development offer insights into the forces guiding childhood growth and what can affect them. Each offers insight but each has limitations‚ which is why developmental scientists use more than one theory to guide their thinking about the growth of children. Current practice is based on many years of knowledge and experience. This helps us to understand children learning‚ development
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getting in physical altercations because someone told them how care for their child. Cognitive development is one of the main categories studied by theorists and is still a leading area of study among people today. Jean Piaget‚ Burrhus Skinner (B.F. Skinner)‚ Erik Erikson‚ and Lev Vygotsky are four of the leading psychologists that studied cognitive development. It is important that we review and understand these theories. If we can understand each theorist individually we can apply all the information
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(Watson‚ Pavlov‚ Skinner) Insert dates!. Another important factor in the behaviourist view of development is reinforcement. By using encouragement in the way of rewards to shape a certain behaviour is an important part in the behaviourist view of development. This allows us to shape the learning of an organism in order for them to develop their behaviour and learning. B.F Skinner is a major name in the field of behaviourist psychology. He is well
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Jean Piaget and Sara Smilansky Both Piaget and Sara Smilansky developed categories of play‚ as follows: Sensory motor play Here an infant up to two years of age will use various senses and motor skills to explore objects and their environment. Symbolic play In this type
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Research and explain how current practice is influenced by Theories of development include; Piaget – Intellectual‚ Freud – psychoanalytic‚ Maslow – Humanist‚ Bandura – Social Learning‚ Skinner – Operant Conditioning‚ Watson – Behaviourist. Also explain how you holistically use these theories to work together e.g. EYFS – Holistic approach to learning is known as social pedagogy The theorist whose theory is physical development is Arnold Gesell. His theory is that most physical skills
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