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S/PS/185. Child Development from a Psychoanalytic and Behaviourist viewpoint

WORDS:
2000
DATE:
2009
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29.99 GBP

The paper examines psychoanalytic and behaviourist approaches to the features of child development (CD) arguing whether CD is a product of learnt behaviours or a biological make up. Freud's Psychoanalytic theory and Social Learning theory are reviewed discussing their impact on society and therapy treatments and making conclusions about the nature vs. nurture debated.

 

KEYWORDS: Psychoanalytic, behaviourist, child development, nature vs. nurture, social learning,