When understanding development for young children we need to take into consideration their ethnic, racial, socioeconomic, and gender differences. According to the scenario the little girl would best be explained by John B. Watson, B.F. Skinner, Jean Piaget and Lee Vygotsky. They are some of the many psychologists who had innovated theories on the explanation of human behaviors. Classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and cognitive development, and sociocultural theory approach are learning and developmental theories that develops from behavioral views.
According to Berger, a dog constantly exposed to the sound of a bell and giving of food. “Classical conditioning occurs when a person or animal is conditioned to associate a neutral stimulus …show more content…
Piaget theory of cognitive development, “proposed that all people pass a fixed sequence through different stages of cognitive development” (Feldman, 2008, Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development, 7). According to Piaget theory the knowledge of development changes during each stage. Piaget suggested that development in children and their perception of the world can be described by assimilation and accommodation. Assimilation is the development in which people understand things based on their experiences and stage of cognitive development they are in. Contrary to assimilation, accommodation can mean changes to ways of thinking but by new stimuli or situations. According to the scenario the little girl’s experience when becoming a teenager in starting to have feelings for a companion will eventually lead her to associate her experience with the men her mother had as companions. Unless she has an understanding of how she behaves with men or she is able to find a companion that will change her behaviors towards …show more content…
One of the learning theories I find very important is the social cognitive learning theory. The social cognitive learning theory can be recognized by children imitating adult’s behaviors. According to the scenario the little girl is associating her mother’s actions into her own actions. I consider this learning theory very essential because this is how adults should learn to be more careful around children. Vygotsky sociocultural theory focuses on cognitive development among members of different cultures. Vygotsky mentioned that children learn what is important in society by interacting with others (Berger, Vygotsky: Social Learning,
According to Berger, a dog constantly exposed to the sound of a bell and giving of food. “Classical conditioning occurs when a person or animal is conditioned to associate a neutral stimulus …show more content…
Piaget theory of cognitive development, “proposed that all people pass a fixed sequence through different stages of cognitive development” (Feldman, 2008, Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development, 7). According to Piaget theory the knowledge of development changes during each stage. Piaget suggested that development in children and their perception of the world can be described by assimilation and accommodation. Assimilation is the development in which people understand things based on their experiences and stage of cognitive development they are in. Contrary to assimilation, accommodation can mean changes to ways of thinking but by new stimuli or situations. According to the scenario the little girl’s experience when becoming a teenager in starting to have feelings for a companion will eventually lead her to associate her experience with the men her mother had as companions. Unless she has an understanding of how she behaves with men or she is able to find a companion that will change her behaviors towards …show more content…
One of the learning theories I find very important is the social cognitive learning theory. The social cognitive learning theory can be recognized by children imitating adult’s behaviors. According to the scenario the little girl is associating her mother’s actions into her own actions. I consider this learning theory very essential because this is how adults should learn to be more careful around children. Vygotsky sociocultural theory focuses on cognitive development among members of different cultures. Vygotsky mentioned that children learn what is important in society by interacting with others (Berger, Vygotsky: Social Learning,