Human Development

Running head : HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Human Development

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Introduction

Freud and Watson among other personalities have made great contribution on Human development . Watson in particular brought in a natural science perspective to child psychology by introducing an objective research method basing on observable and measurable behaviors . His model was extended by skinner to cover function conditioning and verbal behavior (Hothersall , 2002 . Sigmund Freud , the founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology is best recognized for his theories of the defense mechanism and the unconscious mind

. He is also popular for his definition of sexual desires as the central motivational energy of human kind and creating of a clinical practice of psychoanalysis for healing psychopathology . Freud analysis and ideas remain important in analysis of social behaviors as well as clinical psychodynamic approaches (Hall Calvin , 1999 . This evaluates interaction according to Freudian analysis between behavioral , social and cognitive analysis

Significance of the Study

Human development which occurs from birth to adulthood was throughout history ignored . Children were seen as small adults and very little attention was paid to the major development in their cognitive abilities , physical growth and language usage among the children (Hothersall , 2002 . To determine whether human development theories are applicable an evaluation of these approaches was imperative

Analysis of Behavioral , Social and Cognitive Theories

Looking at the behavioral theories of human development , they often focus on how they interact with the environment . According to John B Watson the founder of behavioral theory , external environment influence behaviors...