Developmental Psychology

After taking a general look at psychology and some of its major theories, we will trace psychological thought about the human life by focusing on human development. We will look at models of human development put forward by Saint Thomas Aquinas and other Catholic philosophers, Jean Piaget, Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson, and Lawrence Kohlberg, as well as a few others. Students will not only learn about psychology, they will also learn a lot about themselves.

Friday, September 16, 2005

Jean Piaget

Jean Piaget

Cognitive Psychology

Background

  • Studied development in learning.
  • Experiment on his own daughters - criticism of theory.
  • Theory provides good working model.

Theory

  • Schemes = mental “constructs” (not a physical thing) into which we categorize our experiences.
  • Assimilation = new experiences are fit into an existing scheme.
  • Accommodation = new experiences are so different than scheme that the scheme must change to accommodate it.

posted by Jeffrey @ Friday, September 16, 2005

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