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