Malcolm W. Watson – TTC Theories of Human Development

Have you ever wondered where the words terrible twos and identity crisis came from?

The idea that children are different from adults and need special care is only 200 years old.

Did you know that most of our modern ideas about children can be traced back to two great minds of the 17th and 18th century?

The field of human development studies how we learn and develop from birth to the end of life. The study of human development is the study of child development, because the most significant changes take place from infancy to adolescence. This very young science allows us to understand children and help them develop, but also gives us insights into who we are as adults.

In. There are theories of human development. There are six theories that have had the greatest influence on this field. You will get to know the people who formulated each theory, as well as the historical contexts in which they worked, and study the specific processes of human development that each theory describes.

The strength and weaknesses of each theory will be evaluated along the way. How do the six theories complement each other? What do they tell us about human development?

There are six theories of how we become who we are.

The way we see ourselves has been influenced by the six major theories. They are.

The Psychodynamic Theory was written by Sigmund Freud. It’s not like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it This theory, the earliest of the six, includes concepts such as the Oedipus Complex and Freud’s five stages of psycho-sexual development. Freudian thinking is ingrained in our culture and influences our view of human nature.

The Psycho-Social Theory was written by Erikson. It’s not like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it The term identity crisis was created by this theory. The first to propose that the stages of human development spanned our entire lives was Erikson. His ideas influenced the study of personality development.

The Integrated Attachment Theory was written by John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth. The first theory focused on the formation of parent-child relationships. It explains the connection between early relationships and later ones. Thousands of scientific studies have been generated by attachment theory, and it has led to changes in many child care policies.

Albert Bandura wrote a social learning theory. It’s not like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it Traditional learning theory was modified by B. F. Skinner. Learning to be no different among infants, children, adults, or even animals was considered by it. Bandura’s approach is influential in areas such as the effect of media violence on children and the treatment of problem behaviors and disorders.

The Cognitive-Developmental Theory was written by Jean Piaget. It’s not like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it The revolution in human development theory was created by Piaget. The existence of four major stages would allow children and adolescents to use symbols and reason in abstract ways. This is the most influential of the six theories. It dominated the study of child development in the 70s and 80s.

Cognitive-Mediation is a theory by Lev Theory Vygotsky. It’s not like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it’s like it Vygotsky believed that learning came first and caused development. He believes that learning is a social process in which teachers, adults, and other children form supportive scaffolding on which each child can gradually master new skills. Vygotsky has had an impact on educators.

Locke, Rousseau, and even Darwin were early Theorists.

The general history of the study of child development is explored in this course. It talks about the work of other important researchers, such as Arnold Gesell of Yale, who created phrases such as just going through a stage and the terrible twos.

The beginnings of child study as a true science was marked by the era of observational research on children. Scientists began publishing detailed accounts of the development of their own children. Alfred Binet, who first developed intelligence testing in France, was one of the early biographers.

You may be struck by how much we’ve learned about child development and how different our attitudes have become. There was no interest in child study until the beginning of the 19th century. The atmosphere in which children were used for labor was created by factors such as poverty and high infant mortality.

In Paris in the 17th century, 33 percent of newborns were left in foundling homes or on doorsteps. Boys and girls as young as four were sent to work in mines in England.

You will see how attitudes towards children improved as a result of the efforts of physicians and religious leaders. John Locke and Jean- Jacques Rousseau have made significant contributions to the field of child development. Their ideas about children, whether they are good or bad, or whether they actively shape their environments or respond to stimuli, still form much of the basis of our modern theories.

Learning, behavior, and relationships in youth are not the only lessons of this course. They give our best answers to the questions of human nature, how we learn, adapt, and become who we are at every stage in life.