Child Development Theorists and Important Names

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Had an ecological perspective and created ecological systems theory

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Created theory of evolution

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Credited for sociocultural theory, which states people are beings are are affected by the cultures in which they live.

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Credited for Operant Conditioning

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Created the psychosexual development theory

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They made the first standarized intelligence test to help seek out the academically "at risk" school children.

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Founded child development as an academic discipline

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Thought of the Theory of Psychosocial Development

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Came up with idea of Classical Conditioning

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Credited for the Cognitive-Developmental Theory

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They believed that biological maturation was the main focus of development; emphasized physical aspects; " Social Cognitive Theory"

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Credited for Behaviorism; emphasized the idea of behavior patterns

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Italian physician and educator best known for the philosophy of education, and her writing on scientific pedagogy

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American psychologist best known for his theory of stages of moral development

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American psychologist best known for his maternal-separation, dependency needs, and social isolation experiments on rhesus monkeys