Theories of Developmental Psychology

PATRICIA A. MILLER, University of Florida, Gainsville, USA.

Preface Introduction Piaget's Cognitive-Stage Theory and the Neo-Piagetians Freud's and Erikson's Psychoanalytic Theories Vygotsky and the Sociocultural Approach Social-Learning Theory Information-Processing Theory Ethology and other Evolutionary Theories Gibson's Ecological Theory of Perceptual Development Contemporary Minitheories and Emerging Approaches Reflections