Issues & Theories 
(Chaps. 1 & 2)

I.  Introduction (pp. 19-20)
	A.  Nature of development
		1.  Change
		2.  Positive direction	
	B.  Development in Adolescence
		1.  Change:  How and Why?
		2.  Uniqueness?
		3.  Effect of Time & Place?

II Conceptual Quandaries (pp. 20-25)
	1.  Issues in the Study of  Developmental Change    
		A. Experience (environment; exogenous) vs. Maturation (biology; endogenous)
		B. Continuity (no stages) vs. discontinuity (stages)	
		C. Role of Early (stability) vs. Late (instability) experience
	2. Domains in the Study of Development Change (also p. 30-31)
		A.  Biological
		B.  Cognitive
		C.  Socio-emtional
	3.  Contexts in the Study of Developmental Change (also pp. 31-32)
		A.  Face-to-face
		B.   Indirect 

III.  Theoretical approaches (pp. 47-59)
	A.  Psychoanalytic Theories (http://www.webrenovators.com/psych/PsychoanalyticalPsychology.htm
		1.  Freud’s Theory (http://www.psy.pdx.edu/PsiCafe/KeyTheorists/Freud.htm)
		2.  Erikson’s Theory (http://www.psy.pdx.edu/PsiCafe/KeyTheorists/Erikson.htm)
	B.  Cognitive Theories
		1.  Piaget’s Theory (www.piaget.org) (Piaget’s obituary)
		2.  IP Theory (http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/cogsys/infoproc.html)  
	C.  Behavioral and Social Cognitive Theories.
		1.  Pavlov (http://www.psy.pdx.edu/PsiCafe/KeyTheorists/Pavlov.htm)
		2.  Skinner’s (http://hagar.up.ac.za/catts/learner/peterdl/Behav.html)
		3.  Bandura’s Social Learning Theory (http://tip.psychology.org/bandura.html)
		4.  Bandura’s Social-Cognitive Theory (http://tip.psychology.org/bandura.html)
	D.  Ecological or Contextual theories
		1.  Vygotsky’s Socio-contextual theory (http://www.english.sk.com.br/sk-vygot.html)
		2.  Bronfenbrenner’s Theory (http://www.psy.pdx.edu/PsiCafe/KeyTheorists/EcoApp.htm)
	E.  Ethological/Evolutionary theories
		1.  Ethology (http://www.psy.pdx.edu/PsiCafe/KeyTheorists/BioApp.htm)