Developmental Theories

According to points of life-span considered

 

 

Freud

 

 

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Piaget

 

 

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Erikson

 

 

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Jung

 

 

 

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Robbie Case

(Neo-Piagetian)

 

 

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Gisela

Labousvie-Vief

(Neo-Piagetian

 

 

 

 

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Salthouse

(Information Processing)

 

 

 

 

 

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Vygotsky

 

 

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Roger Dixon

(Neo-Vygotskian)

 

 

 

 

 

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Infancy

 

Childhood

 

Teenager

 

Middle adulthood

 

Late Adulthood

 

Old Age

 


         (Note: this chart is only approximate and denotes only the major thrust of each theorist as far as I understand it)