Issues and Theories

I. Introduction
	A.  Definition of Development
	B.  The development of drawing (pp. 313-316)
		1.  Trainable?
		2.  Process?
	C.  Implications

II. Issues of Developmental Change
	A.  Nature vs. Nurture pp. (p. 9)
		1.  Stability vs. Change
	B.  Discontinuity vs. Continuity (pp. 7-8; 11-15)
C.  General or Specific (pp. 8-9)

III. Theories of Developmental Psychology
	A. Piaget (pp. 20-22) (www.piaget.org)
		1.  Assumptions about development
		2.  Categorizing Piaget’s theory
	B. Behaviorism (http://hagar.up.ac.za/catts/learner/peterdl/Behav.html) and Social Learning Theory (http://tip.psychology.org/bandura.html) (pp. 18-20)
		1.  Assumptions about development
		2.  Categorizing Behaviorism and Social Learning theory
	C. Psychoanalytic Theory (http://www.webrenovators.com/psych/PsychoanalyticalPsychology.htm) (pp. 15-18)
		1.  Assumptions about development
		2.  Categorizing Psychoanalytic theory
	D. Information Processing (http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/cogsys/infoproc.html) (pp. 23-25)
		1.  Assumptions about development
		2.  Categorizing IP theory
	E. Ethology (http://www.psy.pdx.edu/PsiCafe/KeyTheorists/BioApp.htm) (pp. 25-26)
		1.  Assumptions about development
		2.  Categorizing Ethology theory
	F. Ecological Systems Theory (http://www.psy.pdx.edu/PsiCafe/KeyTheorists/EcoApp.htm) (pp. 27-28)
		1.  Assumptions about development
		2.  Categorizing IP theory
	G. Vygotsky (http://www.english.sk.com.br/sk-vygot.html) (pp. 26-29)
		1.  Assumptions about development
		2.  Categorizing Vygotsky’s theory
	H. Dynamic System Theory (http://www.psy.pdx.edu/PsiCafe/KeyTheorists/Thelen.htm) (pp. 29-30)
		1.  Assumptions about development
		2.  Categorizing Dynamic System Theory