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There are three main theories of development that I shall discuss in this assignment, ‘Cognitive', the main theorist being, ‘Piaget', (1896 – 1980), The, ‘Psychosocial Theory', ‘Erikson', (1902 – 1994), and, The ‘Psychosexual', of, ‘Freud', (1856 – 1939).
Cognitive Psychology draws the comparison between the human mind and a computer, suggesting that we like the computer process the information we acquire from around us and then react accordingly. Hearnshaw, (1987), claims that Cognitive Psychology is both one of the oldest and also one of the newest parts of Psychology, cited in ‘T. Malim', (1994). Information is collected through our senses i.e. vision, touch, smell etc and then processed through our brain. Cognitive Psychologists largely seek explanations of Cognitive development, memory, attention, artificial intelligence, perception and social cognition. The methods used are usually Laboratory experiments under controlled circumstances i.e. memory tests, and, Case......

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