After reading and studying
the material in this chapter, you should be able to answer the following
questions.
1. What
are the five basic issues in human development? Where does each theorist stand
on each of these issues?
2. What
are the distinct features of Freud's psychoanalytic theory? What are the
strengths and weaknesses of the theory?
3. How does Erikson's
theory compare to Freud’s theory? What crisis characterizes each of Erickson’s
psychosocial stages?
4. What
are the distinct features of Skinner's operant conditioning theory and Bandura's social-learning theory? What are the strengths
and weaknesses of the learning theories?
5. What
is Piaget's basic perspective on cognitive development? What are the strengths
and weaknesses of Piaget's
theory?
6. What
are the essential elements of Vygotsky’s sociocultural perspective and Gottlieb’s evolutionary/epigenetic
systems view of development?
7. What
are the strengths and weaknesses of the contextual and systems approaches to development?