Module 1: Characteristics of Development

Bowlby

________ applied ethnological theory to understanding caregiver- child relationship.

Lorenz

________ examined adaptive values of behaviour, through his studies on imprinting.

Freud

________ was the first person to emphasise the importance of the parent- child relationship on development.

Epigenesis

________: bidirectional influences of heredity and environment (including persons own behaviour) on development.

Piaget

________: Rather than reinforcement, children develop through brain maturation & manipulation, exploration of environment.

Lifespan Development

________ is the study of factors that influence consistency and transformation from conception to death.

Normative history

________- graded influences: why people born at the same time (cohort) tend to be similar- impact on a generation.

Traditional Behaviourism

________ are the theories developed by Pavlov, with classical conditioning, Watson with "little Albert, "and Skinners Operant Conditioning Theory.

Normative history-graded influences

why people born at the same time (cohort) tend to be similar-impact on a generation

Non-normative life events

unique occurrences that impact on the individual, independent of the historical period

Piaget

Rather than reinforcement, children develop through brain maturation & manipulation, exploration of environment

Vygotskys sociocultural theory

development is socially mediated, varies across culture

epigenesis

bidirectional influences of heredity and environment (including persons own behaviour) on development