Developmental psychology – founding figures and schools
From the book – Chapter 35: Maps, Thinkers and How to Use This Book
Developmental psychology
Jean Piaget (1896–1980)
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Four stages of cognitive development. Works: Language and Thought of the Child (1923); Construction of Reality in the Child (1937).
Lev Vygotsky (1896–1934)
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Zone of proximal development; scaffolding; Thought and Language (1934).
John Bowlby (1907–1990) and Mary Ainsworth (1913–1999)
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Attachment theory; Strange Situation; secure / avoidant / resistant styles.
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Bowlby: Attachment and Loss trilogy (1969–1980).
Harry Harlow (1905–1981)
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Contact comfort in rhesus monkeys — historically important; ethics would not permit the same design today.
Lawrence Kohlberg (1927–1987)
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Moral development stages, extending Piaget.
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