comparison of approaches

• views on development - PA

  • PA presents most coherent theory of development, tying its concepts and processes to specific stages determined by age - freud said very little further dev once a child enters the genital stage in the teen years
• VOD - CA


  • contributed our understanding of child development
  • e.g part of their intellectual development , children form increasingly complex concepts as they get older
• VOD - BIO A

  • maturation is important principle
  • where genetically determined changes in a childs physiological status influence psychological and behavioural caracteristics
• VOD - HP


  • see development of self as ongoing thorughout life
  • childhood is a particularly important period and a childs relationship with their parents is important in terms of unconditional positive regard
• VOD - BA AND SLT

  • dont offer coherent stage theories of development but instead see the processes that underpin learning as continuous occurring at any age