Historical Theorists

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He believes that when adults have problems it's because their needs were not met as a child.

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Sigmund Freud

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Believed that development happened in 8 stages and personality develops according to how you respond to a crisis.

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Erik Erikson

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Stressed that "children learn by using their senses and that they learn best by pursuing their interests independently."

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Maria Montesssori

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Four steps of development- Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete and Formal Operations.

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Jean Piaget

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This theorist’s major contribution was the idea of the Zone of Proximal Development

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Lev Vygotsky

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First usable IQ test

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Alfred Binet

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This theorist created the modern day kindergarten and created toys to show that children learn through play

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Fredrich Frobel

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Children are born as a blank slate.

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John Locke

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Children are born naturally good and people or society corrupts them.

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Jean Rousseau

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He does not believe in corporal punishment or teaching by rote memorization.

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Johann Pestalozzi