done by early child development theorists has had a significant influence on the field of psychology as we know it today. The child development theories put forward by both Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson have had substantial impacts on contemporary child psychology, early childhood education, and play therapy. In this essay, I aim to highlight the contribution of these two theorists in their study of various developmental stages, the differences and similarities in their theories, and their contributions
Piaget’s theory is eventually developed four distinct stages in children such as sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational and formal ( Biehler and Snowman, 1997, pp. 52-57 ). The theory is based on how the mind processes new information encountered through interactions with the environment. However, many criticisms of Piaget’s work are on conceptual
Allison Davis- Adolescence and socialized anxiety Allison Davis talks about the socialization as a process by which an individual learns about new way of learning and interacting with the members of a group or a society. He learns to differentiate between the socially acceptable and not so acceptable behavior by positive and negative reinforcement. Davis talks about the concept of socialized anxiety. As during adolescence socialization and social acceptance is very important , if an individual has
The foregoing discussions on the implementation of School-Based Feeding Program in Agoo East and West District provide the following theories, concepts, studies, and insights that aided the researcher in arriving with the framework of the study. This study was guided by the Basic Need Theory (sometimes known as Maslows’ Hierarchical of Needs) “developed by Maslow Abraham (1908-70), in which all motives are derived from a hierarchical system of needs, from the ‘basic’ physiological needs through
substantial amount of theories within this discipline focuses on childhood development because this is the period in an individual's lifespan where the most change occurs. Developmental psychologists analyze a wide range of theoretical areas. These areas range from biological, social, emotional and cognitive perspectives. Psychologists from Western cultures have led empirical research in developmental psychology and have set three goals. These are to describe, explain and to augment development (Baltes, Reese
scientific method and empirical evidence after enrolling in this subject. Some theories taught throughout the past lectures, such as the structure of personality in Freud’s theory and Maslow’s humanistic theories, arouse my curiosity to link the discipline and daily life events together. Among these theories, Piaget’s theory of cognitive stages has interested me most. According to Piaget, there are 4 cognitive development stages of children, including sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational
Observation Paper #2 On 02/14/2018, I observed a toddler classroom at Eden Palms, Kidango. At nine thirty, there are four children at the table with two teachers. Jesus puts both his hand into a basket of Legos, he touches and looks at different colors of Legos. He does not communicate with his peer. Litzy stands next to him, and she gets one by one Lego to stack them on the top of another Lego. Santiago sits on the chair next to table that has Legos, he positions his hands on the table. He holds
Child development in psychology is a very vast and important field of study. It is studying how us as human beings come to be, from the moment of our conception through our early years onwards to becoming adolescents and eventually a complete adult with regards to social emotional, cognitive, personality and biological evolvement. This by itself should be an indication of how important it is to study child development. considering we all were children once, we all passed through relatively similar
The process of teaching has been influenced by many factors over the years; philosophers, policies and psychological theories to name but a few. In this essay I will discuss and contrast the psychological theories of Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky who have both contributed to classroom practice through their research into the cognitive development of children. Their theoretical perspectives shared some similarities in that both their approaches were child centred, both focused more on the process of
Abstract The purpose of this experiment is to examine differences in gender performance among male and females and age on the Stroop interference effect. Experimental psychology students of eight respondents, 3 males and 5 females, completed the task in which they participated in a Stroop Colour-Word Test. The condition is the ability to recognize the colours, the performance difference between male and female, the performance difference between age, the reaction time and the effect of colour word