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- Offer explanations for lifespan changes
- How children grow and develop
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- Place different emphases on the role of genetics and environmental influences
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- Understanding them is useful for
- promoting children’s development
- identification of developmental delays or irregularities
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Maturational Theory
Suggested that developmentis primarily determined and
pre-programmed by genetics
is universal and predictable
explains all differences
Resulted in the concept of “milestones”
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Psychoanalytical Theory
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- Suggested that development is governed by unconscious processes
- Focused on 5 stages of personality formation
- Believed that instinct and gratification motivate behavior
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Freud’s ideas are frequently rejected for lack of scientific evidence
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