Attachment is one of the strongest emotional ties that human beings experience, which entails seeking closeness with loved ones, especially in moments of sadness and insecurity. Although the concept of attachment has its origin in the theories about love proposed by Sigmund Freud, it actually…
The life of the human being generally goes through different stages and periods with more or less common characteristics that condition the growth and development of people. The first stages of life, from pregnancy to adolescence, will greatly affect adult development.…
Genetic Psychology does not refer, as its name might imply, to the study of genes. This discipline focuses on the study of the genesis (hence “genetics”) or origin of human behavior. Piaget is one of the pioneering authors in the development of this discipline that studies…
Adolescence is defined as the period between 10 and 20 years of age, characterized by a whole series of physical, psychological, emotional and social whose achievement and resolution will end with the adolescent’s entry into adult life. In this Psychology-Online article you will find…
The following theory may not sound too familiar to you, however, I have to tell you that it is one of the ones that has had the most influence. in the development of current psychology as we know it. It is nothing more nor less than constructivism. Does it sound familiar to you? If so, you can rejoice now,…
Since we were little we have felt a strong connection with those who took care of us. However, these connections do not always lead to appropriate relationships between the baby and his/her caregiver. In the parks we can find great differences between the relationships that each of the children have.…
Susan Carey accurately summarizes Piagetian proposals to differentiate between preoperational and operational children. Preoperational children: (1) they only attend to one dimension of the task at a time, (2) they cannot construct ordered series or make transitive inferences about them, (3) they cannot…
Although there are substantial differences between Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s t, they are not opposed since they share a conception of development that distances itself equally from traditional empiricist and rationalist conceptions. Piaget’s theory of cognitive development is a comprehensive theory of…
A classic idea in psychology has been that children only begin to think from the moment they acquire language. This idea It was linked to another twin, according to which animals, lacking language, would also lack reasoning or thought in the strict sense. Logically, these…
Although there are substantial differences between Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s t, they are not opposed since they share a conception of development that distances itself equally from traditional empiricist and rationalist conceptions. In his book Thought and Language (1934), Vygotsky provides a highly…
The relationship between siblings is profoundly important not only for its impact on the level of social development but also on the level of cognitive development. Relationships between siblings and treatment with parents It is very important that we keep in mind that the study of relationships between siblings…
It would be almost impossible to understand the development of boys and girls independently of the closest community in which they live. and the daily practices that they carry out there every day. We are going to see some assumptions that should be taken into account when cultural psychology is…
Trained as a biologist, Jean Piaget is interested in philosophical problems about the origin and explanation of knowledge. He poses the study of human knowledge from an evolutionary perspective, proposing a new discipline called genetic epistemology or developmental theory…
Lawrence Kohlberg (1927-1987) was a renowned American psychologist who dedicated most of his career to researching psychosocial development. and morality of human beings. This researcher based his theory on Piaget’s concept of moral development. Kohlberg defined moral judgment as a mental process…
What is self-concept? We can define self-concept as the set of characteristics (physical, intellectual, emotional, social, etc.) that make up the image that a subject has of himself. This self-concept does not remain static throughout life, but rather develops and builds.…
For centuries, philosophers have wondered about the meaning of morality, wondering whether there was an original innate faculty to discern between good and evil, or if, on the contrary, what we call morality is nothing more than a set of acquired habits. We had to wait until the 20th century for…
Attachment is the strongest emotional bond that a human being feels towards others, producing pleasure when it is carried out. interactions and seeking closeness to the person in moments of anxiety and insecurity. It represents the strongest emotional side that human beings establish.…
Attachment is the strongest emotional bond that a human being feels towards others, producing pleasure when it is carried out. interactions and seeking the person’s closeness in moments of anxiety and insecurity. The establishment of the emotional bond develops in four stages. In…
The period of life that covers from 2 and a half to 6 years is not a homogeneous whole, because, in turn, it can be subdivided into two substages: one that ends at the end of the fourth year and another that includes 5-6 years. It is called that -preoperative- because Piaget considered that this period is the preparation…
Self-esteem is an element of self-concept that is defined as the value we give to ourselves. If one of your own tasks of development is to build a concept of oneself, it is essential that this concept of self has positive connotations and adjusted to reality.…
The period of concrete operations, according to Piaget, is the improvement of the ability to think logically, in a constant change of form. These changes highlight social development, which in turn implies a decrease in the child’s egocentrism, a characteristic present in the pre-operational stage.…
The first thing to note before exposing the different theories on the acquisition of stereotypes and gender roles on how educating in gender equality at home and at school, is that everyone starts from the premise of the existence of differences between men and women and tries to find…
Compared to other species, it is common to characterize human beings as intelligent beings, endowed with an extraordinary capacity to think and solve problems based on their knowledge of the world. Questions about the nature and origin of knowledge have occupied thinkers…
The object of study of evolutionary psychology is the study of behavioral change over time, that is, over time. throughout the entire life cycle of the human being. It is the study of the human being from an ontogenetic perspective. Perhaps the most characteristic and distinctive aspect…
We could consider that the game is older than culture, since it implies the creation of a human society and, however, Animals, especially mammals, have played since the beginning of their existence. The experience and observation of preschool children tells us…