Chapter 1: Theories Of Child Development And Methods Of Studying Children
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Here are some links to Websites that relate to the material in this chapter. Click around to broaden your understanding of the topics in this section by seeing what’s out there on the Web!
Theory into Practice Database
The Theory Into Practice Database (TIP) summarizes fifty theoretical perspectives related to child development, specifically learning and education.
Personality and Consciousness
An academic site reviewing the theories and personal history of dozens of personality theorists, including Freud, Maslow, and Rogers.
Erikson Review
This tutorial, developed for psychology students, will help you review Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development.
Review of Behaviorist Perspective
This short tutorial, created for psychology students by margaret Anderson and SUNY Cortland, includes links to definitions of key terms. Use it to check your knowledge before an exam!
Jean Piaget Society
The Jean Piaget Society is dedicated to disseminating and building on Piaget’s foundational work in child development. This site contains biographical information about Piaget, some of his writings, and articles about work based on Piaget’s ideas.
Piaget Overview
This page offers an overview of Piaget’s cognitive theory, including clear descriptions of key concepts and vocabulary terms, as well as information about Piaget’s background. This site includes reference information.
Vygotsky Overview
This page offers an overview of Vygotsky’s cognitive theory, including clear descriptions of key concepts and vocabulary terms, as well as information about Vygotsky’s background. This site includes reference information.
Vygotsky Review
Created for students of educational psychology and child development, this site summarizes Vygotsky’s history and theory, and examines the application of the theory to educational practice.
Systems Model of Human Behavior
This illustrated tutorial, developed by William Huitt at Valdosta State University, expands and explains Bronfrenbrenner’s model.
Society for Research in Child Development
SRCD’s web site describes this organization and where you can find reports of research on children.
Key Events in Psychological Measurement
This site details landmark events in the development of human culture and discusses the relationship between these events and our measurement of psychological health. In the process, many key theorists and psychological approaches are defined in both conceptual and practical terms.
American Psychological Association Ethics Office
The American Psychological Association, among its many functions, has established ethical principles for psychological research with both humans and animals.