Human Development Theories

1. Most lifespan and personality theories can be considered in 4 categories

1.1. 1. Psychodynamic

1.2. 2. Behavioural

1.3. 3. Cognitive

1.4. 4. Ethological

2. Theory of nature vs nurture

2.1. extreme nature positions

2.1.1. Freuds theory of aggression

2.1.2. Bowlby's 1969 theory of attachment

3. Theory of genetic inheritance

4. Lifespan development theories

4.1. Sigmund Freud

4.2. Jean Piaget

4.3. Erik Erikson

4.4. Abraham Maslow

4.5. John Bowlby

4.6. B.F Skinner (behaviourist)