Early Childhood Education ECE114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Operant Conditioning, Cultural-Historical Psychology, Lev Vygotsky
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Age"s/ stages of child : evaluate child"s development, use theory to inform our practice, plan curriculum, making rules, making guidance practice, evaluation > portfolio, environmental design, safety/supervision. Behavioural and social cognitive theorists include : skinner, 2. Theory of development based on female adult patients to understand hysteria . Intellectual orderly upbringing keen observation of own children- darwin made extensive observations of first child as well. Social learning theory we learn through imitation & observation. Development is a struggle must deal with problems or risk becoming fixated at a particular stage i. e. oral stage smokers, nails biters. Each stage has a unique crisis to be overcome: trust vs. mistrust infancy 1st year, autonomy vs. shame & doubt 1 to 3yrs. 6: generavity vs. stagnation middle adulthood. Children construct their understanding of the world the focus is on conscious children organize and adapt. They actively construct their own knowledge by acting on toys, materials, and the environment.