Biological-Maturation Framework
Overview of Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory Presentation (PDF)
Freud and the American Ethos (Essay)
Behavior genetics
Ethology (Lorenz), theories of attachment (Bowlby, Ainsworth, Sroufe)
Trait theories of personality and
temperament
Environmental-Learning Framework
Learning Theory (Skinner)
Social-cognitive (Social Learning) Theory (Bandura)
Constructivist Framework
Cognitive-developmental (Piaget)
Information-Processing (Cognitive psychology)
Cultural-Context Framework
Psychosocial (Erik Erikson)
Ecological Systems (Bronfenbrenner)
Sociocultural (Vygotsky)
Contextual Systems (Pianta and
Walsh)
Hierarchy of needs (Maslow)
Interpersonal relations (Carl Rogers)