Child Development Theorists

Believed children learn best by using their senses.

• Robert Coles

• Lev Vygotsky

• Maria Montessori

• Erik Erikson

Believed both biological development and cultural experiences influence a child's ability to learn.

• Abraham Maslow

• Jean Piaget

• B.F. Skinner

• Lev Vygotsky

Created a hierarchy of needs

• Abraham Maslow

• Arnold Gesell

• Erik Eirkson

• Sigmund Freud

Stressed the important role caregivers play in moral development

• Albert Bandera

• Robert Coles

• B.F. Skinner

• Lev Vygotsky

Four stages of thinking that shape how children see and learn about the world

• Jean Piaget

• Albert Bandera

• Erik Erikson

• Maria Montessori

Believed emotional experiences in childhood have a big impact on a person as an adult

• Arnold Gesell

• B.F. Skinner

• Lev Vygotsky

• Sigmund Freud

Believe children learn by modeling

• Robert Coles

• Albert Bandera

• Lev Vygotsky

• Jean Piaget

If a psychological crisis is met in a positive way the child develops normally

• Abraham Maslow

• Jean Piaget

• Erik Erikson

• B.F. Skinner

Provided information on order in which children master various skills and follow the typical rate of development

• Robert Coles

• Albert Bandera

• Arnold Gesell

• Maria Montessori

If a child's actions bring positive effects, then that action will be repeated and vice versa

• Erik Erikson

• Sigmund Freud

• Abraham Maslow

• B.F. Skinner