ECE 332 WEEK 1 ASSIGNMENT THEORY SUMMARY
ECE 332 Week 1 Assignment Theory Summary,
Directions: Using the concept summary in Chapter 2 of our text, fill in the blanks for each of the developmental theories. Provide examples from your own experience or the textbook in the last column. Next describe your ideal theory of child development, combining the elements that you believe would encapsulate your own beliefs and experiences
| Approach | Theorist | Underlying Model | Theoretical Beliefs/Assumptions | Key Terms | Example |
| Humanistic | Maslow | Organismic/ Contextual | All individuals are unique and whole, and strive toward the fullest development of their potential. | Meta- and basic needs, self-actualization, peak experiences | hunger represents a deficiency that can be satisfied by eating |
| Behavioristic | Pavlov, Watson
Skinner
Bandura
| Mechanistic
Mechanistic/ Organismic
Contextual/ Organismic
| Child learns through conditioning of reflexive behaviors.
Changes in behavior are a function of reinforcement and punishment.
Observational learning leads to developmental change; our ability to anticipate the consequences of our behavior is fundamental.
| Reflex, conditioned stimulus and response
Reinforcement, punishment, shaping
Imitation, self-efficacy, social/cognitive, reciprocal determinism
| Infants typically react with fear when they hear a sudden, loud noise. The noise is an unconditioned stimulus for an unconditioned fear response.
when a child learns to saymilk as a result of imitating a parent and is then given milk
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| Cognitive | Piaget
Information Processing
| Organismic
Mechanistic/ organismic/ Contextual
| Organismic
Development is a process of learning to represent, process, store, and retrieve information.
| Stages, assimilation, accommodation, equilibration
Memory, perception, thinking, symbolic representation, computer models
| Learning through the use of senses and/or experiences. |
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