Child Development Reflection

Reflection on Developmental Theories

Counseling and human developmental researchers offer counselors with theories and data that adds to the therapeutic practice. The counseling approach which is known as the reflective practice is where the counselor then can use this to create hypotheses to come up with the right problem solution for the client (Broderick & Blewitt, 2015).

Historical Perspective on Contemporary Developmental Theories

Scientific theories began in the 19th century with the earlier writings of philosophers such as Locke, Rousseau, and Darwin. Charles Darwin 's theory of evolution and expounded on the education and growth of biological science that put an interest in children. From these traditional theories came the human

They are known as the oral, the anal, the phallic, the latency and the genital stages. A child moves from one stage to the next as the biological self or the id changes. At each different stage, the child goes through the need of fulfillment play which furthers the development of more aspects of one 's personality such as the ego and superego. Freud 's theory has to this day has influenced other theories. Moreover, his ideas are extremely known that they are part of our culture (Broderick & Blewitt,

Contemporary theories of development acknowledge that the solution to any such question is both. Contemporary theories incorporate the complexity of interacting and divergent causal processes in development. There are many multidimensional theories, but they are quite similar in the assumptions about and descriptions of the developmental process. They are broad in scope, explaining both cognitive and social developments. Changes in behaviors are the result of causes both within the organism and the environment.nt. Hence, the causes mutually influence one another as well as behavior. In Bronfenbrenner 's bioecological model all developments are seen as the result of proximal processes and reciprocal interactions between an active organism and its immediate environment. Distal processes modify proximal processes and include aspects of the environment such as family structure or cultural institutions. Proximal processes such as a child 's particular interactions with peers or adults also influence distal processes which can influence change into