Portfolio Presentation Megan Libey PSY 490 Dr. Dennis Plunkett Introduction This presentation will go over the various theories that many humans are taught. The theories in the presentation have contributed to the field of psychology over many years, and new ideas, data and collection over materials will make the theories continue to grow with new knowledge that will be learned. The presentation will also touch base on what was important to my learning and how I utilized these in everyday living. Behavioral Theories Stages of Change Behaviorism Conditioning John B. Watson Stages of Change Cognitive Theories…
While Freud theorised that children who smoothly transition through the stages grow to be calm, well centred adults, he felt that an unsuccessful completion meant that a child would become fixated on that particular phase and either over or under-indulge throughout adulthood. Believers of Freud 's theories on child development, then, must surely make every effort to help their children through each of the stages, allowing each child to experience their feelings without guilt or excessive pressure to conform to preconceived ideas…
Piaget’s stage theory of cognitive development suggests that development occurs through four different stages, the sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational stages. While the information processing theory propose there is a continuous pattern of development that are not broken up into specific stages as Piaget offers.…
Sigmund Freud (1905) believed that everyone was progress through five psychosexual stages of development. The stages are oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital. Freund (1940) said, “sexual life does not being only at puberty, but starts with clear manifestations after birth”. Freud based his theory on sensual pleasures from different areas of the body. For example an infant explores objects with their mouth.…
The importance of Lawrence Kohlberg’s work is the link he makes between moral development and reason. Although this concept originated with Kant and other earlier philosophers, Kohlberg provides a psychological analysis that sheds light on how reason influences moral judgments. Describe what is necessary for moral growth according to Kohlberg. Explain. 84-89…
At the beginning, I would like to introduce the best-known theories of development, because it is useful to know how psychologists and scientists describe the stages of children and young people development.…
Child gains control over their body and uses their senses to understands and recognises objects around them…
In Piaget theory on child development the three stages of development that we go through that starts from infancy are Sensorimotor, preoperational, and concrete operational. Gonzalez-Mena, Janet (2014) states that according to Jean Piaget theory children construct knowledge and develop their reasoning abilities through interactions with people and the environment as they seek to understand the world and how it works…
1. How does Erikson’s basic trust versus mistrust help to explain the early emotional development of the infant?…
| Many researchers feel that recognition of one's feelings of same-sex attraction begin as early as self recognition .…
In the development of personality Freud contributed the psychosexual stages. These refer to the Freudian chronological phases of development which begin in infancy. There are three stages of development that Freud believed brought people into counseling (Corey, 2009). The first stage is the oral stage. The oral stage deals with the failure to trust others and self which can make it difficult to form loving relationships. Another stage is called the anal stage…
b. According to a publication by Parent Further, only 10% of surveyed teens said they had never given in to peer pressure.…
The next three stages are phallic which is Freud believes the phallic stage or the Oedipus or Electra complexes occurs during a child is three to six years of age. The belief is that male children harbor unconscious, sexual attraction to their mothers, while female children develop a sexual attraction to their fixation at this stage is vanity, pride, promiscuity. Then there is latency from age five to six years old. This period is relatively calm. Freud says there is a period of sexual calm more interested in school, hobbies and same-sex friends and without any conflict at this stage.…
3) According to Erikson, what is the psychosocial stage that occurs between the ages of 3 and 6?…
Sensorimotor stage During this stage, babies and toddlers use their senses and motor skills to learn about the world around them.…