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DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCH 101


In Developmental psychology there are four theories that psychologist apply to the development of the human mind. Developmental psychologist always question how much of you is due to your genes or to the environment in which your in. After reading about each of these theories, I can't say that I believe one theory to hold all the answer to the human psyche. But I do believe more strongly in some then others whether through personal experience or through observational learning. I don't think any psychologist is right by saying one theory is right, when it can be a combination of all of them because our minds have different sections too. Now I'll go into more details about each of the four theories.
The first theory for Developmental psychology is Maturational theory. This theory tries to state that just like a fruit, through life we must grow and mature as people. Humans in general, learn for the most part the same way and develop the same......

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