Theories of Developmental Psychology

Dr. Miller (Ph.D., University of Minnesota) is professor of psychology at San Francisco State University. She has held faculty positions at the University of Michigan, the University of Florida, and the University of Georgia and also has served as Department Head, Associate Dean, and Director of Women's Studies. Her research focuses on cognitive development during childhood. More specifically, she studies cognitive strategies, executive function, metacognition, memory, attention, social cognitive development, theory of mind, and gender.

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