Major Cognitive Theories of Development
Jean Piaget
Constructivism
Information Processing Theory
Nature and Nurture
Lev Vygotsky
Assigning children Active Roles in their own development
Proposes discontinuous development
Focus on the way children think
Konrad Lorenz
Ethological Theories
Nature and Nuture
John Bowlby
Discontinuous aspects of development
B. F Skinner
Learning Theory
Introduced and developed Behaviorism
Focus on how experiences affect learning and behavior
John Watson
Nurture
View development as Continuous
Bronfenbrenner
Nature and Nurture
Lerner
Continuous but may incorporate Discontinuous