The social cognitive learning theory, has developed over the years to explain alternative ways through which learning takes place in a social context.
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Theories of Learning
This article explores Jerome Bruner’s theory of development, his three modes of representation, and his beliefs on learning, language, and discovery.
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Bruner's Theory, Theories of Learning
In 1956, the American educational psychologist Robert M. Gagné proposed a system of classifying different types of learning in terms of the degree of complexity of the mental processes involved known as Hierarchy of Learning Theory
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Theories of Learning
Different parents employ different parenting styles and techniques. The techniques parents choose, depend on cultural and community standards, the situation, and the children’s behaviour at the time.
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Cognitive Development
In his Ecological Theory of Development, Bronfenbrenner postulated that in order to understand human development, the entire ecological system in which growth occurs needs to be taken into account.
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Developmental Psychology, Ecological Theory, Educational Psychology
This article discusses the major implications of the moral Development Theories in the Classroom environment.
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Educational Psychology, Moral Development, Personality Development
Carol Gilligan’s 1982 book “In a Different Voice” is now a classic in psychological literature. In it Gilligan challenged psychology for its narrow sexism in studying (in most cases) men and then generalising their results to both genders.
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Moral Development, Personality DevelopmentThe main difference between Kohlberg’s and Piaget’s work is that while Piaget’s work on moral development ended in childhood Kohlberg’s moral development theory extended from childhood right through to adolescence and adulthood.
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Moral Development, Personality Development
The Moral Development or development of morality is the process whereby children learn to consciously distinguish right from wrong. During early childhood, a sense of morality is born when children realise that certain behavioural patterns are regarded as good and sometimes rewarded by parents.
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Moral Development, Personality Development
To explain his views about personality development, Erikson coined his own theory which came to be known as ‘Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory’ which was typically a stage-development theory.
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Educational Psychology, Personality Development
As Freud analysed his patients, he came up with the conclusion that their problems were as a result of experiences from their earlier life so he derived the theory of the psychosexual stages of development where he came up with five stages. If this progression does not occur, the individual is said to be fixated at this stage of development.
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Educational Psychology, Personality Development
Defense Mechanisms of Personality are Unconscious psychological techniques employed by a person to shield themselves from worry brought on by undesirable thoughts or feelings.
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Personality Development
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