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Some of the major theories of child development are known as grand theories; they attempt to describe every aspect of development, often using a stage approach. Others are known as mini-theories; they instead focus only on a fairly limited aspect of development such as cognitive or social growth.
Different psychological and sociological theories provide different perspectives in understanding the features and processes of adolescent development. At the same time, these theories reveal some issues and controversies in the study of adolescent development. This entry has three parts.
This chapter explores three key domains of adolescent development: puberty, neurobiological development, and psychosocial development. Within each domain, we highlight processes that reflect the capacity for adaptive plasticity during adolescence and beyond, marking adolescence as a period of unique opportunity for positive developmental ...
We first review adolescents’ development of self and identity, linking the behavioral and neural levels. We then outline the general value-based decision-making approach and describe the predictions of this model in the context of adolescent development.
The main focus of the article is the presentation of the major theoretical frameworks that have been employed to explain the processes involved in the psychological, cognitive, moral, social, and sexual development of the adolescent and empirical research findings where appropriate.
Both behaviorism and social learning theory share the basic assumptions that adolescent development is not merely internal but is determined by how the environment and social context shape learning and developmental processes (Leung & Shek, 2020).
Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917-2005) offers us one of the most comprehensive theories of human development. Bronfenbrenner studied Freud, Erikson, Piaget, and learning theorists and believed that all of those theories could be enhanced by adding the dimension of context.
Abstract. Theories have played a key role in highlighting the marvelous transformations that take place during adolescence. These theories have uncovered advances in reasoning, emotional expression and regulation, physical maturation, self-understanding, and the expansion of social roles and interpersonal relationships.
Theories of adolescence differ in the particular developmental tasks that they emphasize. This chapter presents the theories that are organized into six groups: biological, psychoanalytic, psychosocial, social–cultural, field, and cognitive theories.
Identifies historical roots, assumptions, key concepts, applications, measurement, strengths, and limitations of each theory. Compares and contrasts theories. Concludes with an integrated perspective across theories.