1. What is a developmental theory and how are they useful?

2 What is Freud's definition of the id, the ego and the superego?

3. Define Freud's 5 Stages of Psychosexual Theory.

4. Why do we study Freud's theory in Child Development?

5. Define/Describe Erik Erikson's 8 stages of psychosocial theory?

6. Describe what a "psychosocial crises" is according to Erikson's theory.

ACTIVE LEARNING:The ages and stages Erikson's developmental theories. When finished answer the personal questions listed below. {Here are my answers for an example: 1. Because of my age, over 60, I am in the Later Adulthood stage of development called Ego integrity versus Despair. 2. I am headed towards the Ego integrity outcome because when I look back over my life I have a sense of meaning in life and feel that my life was worthwhile due to my faith in Jesus and my accomplishments as a woman, daughter, sister, wife, mother and teacher.}

1. Which of Erikson's stages are you currently in? Explain.

2. Which outcome do you see yourself headed toward in this stage? (one is positive, one is negative) Explain.

CRITICAL THINKING QUESTION:

1. Many toddlers can be quite stubborn, resulting in what is often called the "Terrible Twos". How do you understand this behavior from the different points of view of Freud and Erikson?

Behaviorism: Pavlov, Watson, Skinner

CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING:

1. According to Pavlov what are classical conditioning and conditional stimulus?

2. Watch the video (in lesson 1, part 2) and then explain the findings of Watson's, "Little Albert" experiment.

3. What is the premise of B.F. Skinner's Operant Conditioning?

4. Watch the Bobo Doll video clip (in lesson 1) and then explain the findings of Albert Bandura's Bobo Doll experiment.

ACTIVE LEARNING:

1. Tell about a time when a teacher or parent used one of the above theories to get/extinguish a specific behavior. For example rewards/punishments for chores, red card/green card, stickers, recess, etc. Tell your example, the theorist you are relating to and how it relates to the theorist using the theorist's vocabulary.

CRITICAL THINKING QUESTION:

1. Identify a behavior in a child that you think needs to be changed (for example, leaving clothes on the floor). Describe how you could use shaping to move this behavior toward what you wanted it to be.

Cognitive Development Theories - Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky

CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING:

(the video clips on Piaget and Vygotsky )

1. Define and explain Jean Piaget's 5 stages of Cognitive Development Theory.

2. Define and explain how zone of proximal development and scaffolding play a role in Lev Vygotsky's Social Cultural Theory.

3. Contrast and compare Piaget's and Vygotsky's theories of cognitive development.

ACTIVE LEARNING:

If you gave a book to a child in the sensorimotor stage and a child in the preoperational stage and a child in the concrete operational stage what would each of these children do with the book. Explain.

CRITICAL THINKING QUESTION:

Write paragraph comparing how you would teach a 4 year old child how to build a sand castle using Piaget's Cognitive Theory of Development verses how you would teach that same child how to build a sand castle using Vygotsky's Cognitive Theory of Development.

Ecological Systems Model - Urie Bronfenbrenner ( the video clip on Bronfenbrenner )

CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING:

19. Define Urie Bronfenbrenner's 5 ecological systems and how they impact the child.

ACTIVE LEARNING:

Give examples of the exosystem, macrosystem and chronosystem that affect you because you live in California, USA.

CRITICAL THINKING QUESTION:

A 10-year-old child is overly aggressive in school. How could you intervene at different levels of the ecological system to help the child control this aggression?