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Key Theorists in Learner Development

The document discusses key ideas from several influential theorists in psychology and education. Sigmund Freud's psychosexual development theory emphasizes the importance of satisfying needs at different stages for healthy personality development. Other theorists like Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget, Lawrence Kohlberg, Lev Vygotsky, and Urie Bronfenbrenner contribute insights on personality evolution, cognitive development, moral judgment, social interaction, and the impact of environmental factors on individual growth.

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Key Theorists in Learner Development

The document discusses key ideas from several influential theorists in psychology and education. Sigmund Freud's psychosexual development theory emphasizes the importance of satisfying needs at different stages for healthy personality development. Other theorists like Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget, Lawrence Kohlberg, Lev Vygotsky, and Urie Bronfenbrenner contribute insights on personality evolution, cognitive development, moral judgment, social interaction, and the impact of environmental factors on individual growth.

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ANNIE JANE H.

MADELOSO

EDUC 104 ACTIVITY

Write what you remember most about the ideas of the following

theorists. Focus on what you think are their important ideas about the

development of the learners.

• Sigmund Freud

● Freud is the most well-known and controversial psychologist

who studied the development of personality. His theory of

psychosexual development is divided into five stages.

According to Freud, a person passes through the sequence

of these five phases, with needs being satisfied along the

way. Whether or not these needs are met affects whether or

not a person develops a healthy personality. Many people

are impressed by Freud's theory since he identified unique

erogenous zones for each stage of development.

• Erik Erikson

● Erikson's enlightening theory guides us and helps to explain

why. Erikson’s eight stages theory is a tremendously powerful

model. It is very accessible and obviously applicable to

modern life from a variety of viewpoints for understanding and

describing how people's personalities and behaviors

evolve. As such, Erikson's theory is beneficial for teaching,

parenting, self-awareness, managing, and coaching,

dealing with conflict, and generally for understanding self

and others.

• Jean Piaget

● Jean Piaget’s Cognitive Theory of Development is truly a


classic in the field of educational psychology. This theory

fueled other research and theories of development and

learning. Its emphasis is on how individuals build knowledge.

• Lawrence Kohlberg

● Kohlberg studied the development of moral judgment and

extended the ages covered by Piaget, discovering that the

process of reaching moral maturity took longer and

occurred at a slower rate than Piaget had thought.

• Lev Vygotsky

● The key theme of Vygotsky’s theory is that social interaction

plays a very important role in cognitive development. He

believed that individual development could not be

understood without looking at the social and cultural context

within which development happens. Scaffolding is Vygotsky's

term for the teacher's appropriate support in assisting the

student to complete a task. His interest in literature and his

job as a teacher led him to see social interaction and

language as two central factors in cognitive development.

His theory was later known as the Socio-Cultural Theory of

Development.

• Urie Bronfenbrenner

● Bronfenbrenner devised a simple yet effective paradigm for

illustrating the different factors that impact an individual's

development. It points out the ever-widening circles of

influence that form each individual, from his or her

immediate family to the neighborhood, the country, and

even the world. Bronfenbrenner's theory, commonly known


as the Bio ecological Systems theory, situates child

development within the framework of the relationship

systems that comprise the child's environment.

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