Theories of early childhood development

 

  • Freud's Psychosexual Developmental Theory.
  • Erikson's Psychosocial Developmental Theory.
  • Behavioral Child Development Theories.
  • Piaget's Cognitive Developmental Theory.
  • Bowlby's Attachment Theory.
  • Bandura's Social Learning Theory.
  • Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory














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