Journal #10: Researching Adolescence
The response for this journal is centered around this chart on the different stages of adolescence. Adolescence is divided into three...
Journal #9: The Case of the Adolescent Mind
Describe two types of biases critics have leveled at Kohlberg's theory. Do you believe these criticisms are well grounded? 1. Critics...
Journal #8: Urie Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory
Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917-2005) was a Russian- American developmental psychologist. In 1938, Bronfenbrenner completed his double major in...
Journal #7: Mary Ainsworth's Attachment Theory
Mary Ainsworth (1913-1999) conducted a series of experiments to determine if attachment was innate. The experiment was done with infants,...
Journal #6: Lev Vygotsky's Social Interaction Theory
Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934) was a developmental psychologist who believed that a child's learning proceeded development. Vygotsky argued...
Journal #5: Lawrence Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development
Picture this: Dave's wife is dying from a very rare form of cancer. Dave is told that a new drug has been developed that might save his...
Journal #4: Sigmund Freud's Psychosexual Developmental Stages
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was most well known for his personality development theories. He believes that children experience subconscious...
Journal #3: Erik Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development
Erik Erikson (1902-1994), like Piaget, focused on the development of children. However, Erikson believed that a child's personality...
Journal #2: Jean Piaget's Constructivist Theory of Cognitive Development
Jean Piaget (1896-1980) was a Swiss Developmental Psychologist who was most interested in "how we come to know". Although he was first...
Journal #1: Initial Thoughts and Feelings
I am so excited to begin my blog for Psych II. Having published work makes this class feel so much more important, and will make me stay...