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Overview of Theories of Child Development. Dorothy Stubbe, M.D. Yale Child Study Center. Goals and Objectives. To review some of the major theories and concepts of normal human development To highlight the utility and limitations of developmental stage theories - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Overview of Theories of Child Overview of Theories of Child DevelopmentDevelopment
Dorothy Stubbe, M.D.Yale Child Study Center
Goals and ObjectivesGoals and Objectives1. To review some of the major theories
and concepts of normal human development
2. To highlight the utility and limitations of developmental stage theories
3. To utilize vignettes of a normal child to highlight key concepts in child development
OutlineOutline
• Historical Context of views of human development
• Developmental Issues• Three Theories of Child Development
• Psychoanalytic• Cognitive• Behavioral
The measure of a society is its reverence for children
-Arnold Gesell
1. The Nature Nurture Debates1. The Nature Nurture DebatesThree Centuries and Going StrongThree Centuries and Going Strong
John Locke (1632-1704)Tabula rasaExperience
Environment
Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
Innate goodnessMaturation
Genes
Influence of Life Stress on Depression: Moderation by a Polymorphism in the 5-HTT Gene
Caspi et al, Science 2003
2. Is Development Continuous?2. Is Development Continuous?
DiscontinuityMaturation
Distinct stages
ContinuityExperience
Smooth phases
3. Early vs. Late Influences3. Early vs. Late Influences
Goodness of Fit
Primary Parental Preoccupations
Transitional Object
Good Enough Mother
Behavioral Learning TheoriesBehavioral Learning Theories• Classical Conditioning
– Pavlov– Watson– fear reaction in little Albert– John Wolpe and systematic
desensitization• Operant Conditioning
– Thorndike and Law of Effect– BF Skinner and Behaviorism
Classical ConditioningClassical Conditioning• Classical conditioning in practice
– Example: fear of doctors after vaccination
• Treatments– Extinction (systematic desensitization)– Treatments of fears and phobias
Operant ConditioningOperant Conditioning• Reinforcements
• Positive• Negative• Punishment
• Clinical Relevance• Sticker charts and positive reinforcements• Behavior plans• Parent management training• Biofeedback• Job satisfaction
Important TheoristsImportant Theorists• Psychodynamic
– Sigmund Freud– psychosexual stages– Erik Erikson– epigenic model of
developmental stages throughout life– Anna Freud– ego psychology and
defense mechanisms
Important TheoristsImportant Theorists• Object relations theory
– Winnicott– good enough mother and transitional object
– John Bowlby– attachment theory– Margaret Mahler– separation and
individuation and rapprochement crisis
– Daniel Stern– Interpersonal World of the Infant and 4 senses of self (Emergent, Core, Subjective and Verbal). Cognitive-emotional-and internal development are intertwined
Development Matters
Gender Matters
Learning Objectives: Learning Objectives: ReviewReview
1.1. How may we advance from the nature-nurture How may we advance from the nature-nurture controversy to a deeper understanding of controversy to a deeper understanding of child development?child development?
2.2. How may understanding three major schools How may understanding three major schools of thought on human development inform our of thought on human development inform our work in child and adolescent psychiatry?work in child and adolescent psychiatry?
3.3. Which theories of human development may Which theories of human development may be most helpful in psychoeducation of a be most helpful in psychoeducation of a parent on appropriate discipline techniques?parent on appropriate discipline techniques?