Summaries of Findings Additional Child Development Theorists In addition to the child development theorists discussed in the text, many others have made important contributions to the field. The table below summarizes some of their findings. Theorist Findings or Significance John Watson Watson showed that responses, Children develop and gain (1878-1958) such as fear, could be conditioned knowledge by responding to their in young children. He saw behavior environments. and learning as reactions to environment. Arnold Gesell Gesell studied child development Healthy children develop and gain (1880-1961) by filming children. His knowledge naturally and observations led him to believe that automatically as they grow older. development followed an inborn, step-by-step sequence. He created a developmental schedule based on his theory. Rudolf Dreikurs Dreikurs studied why children Children should experience the (1897-1972) misbehave. He said that parents natural consequences of need to look objectively at misbehavior, as long as those
Summaries of Findings Additional Child Development Theorists In addition to the child development theorists discussed in the text, many others have made important contributions to the field. The table below summarizes some of their findings. Theorist Findings or Significance John Watson (1878-1958) Watson showed that responses, such as fear, could be conditioned in young children. He saw behavior and learning as reactions to environment. Children develop and gain knowledge by responding to their environments. Arnold Gesell (1880-1961) Gesell studied child development by filming children. His observations led him to believe that development followed an inborn, step-by-step sequence. He created a developmental schedule based on his theory. Healthy children develop and gain knowledge naturally and automatically as they grow older. Rudolf Dreikurs (1897-1972) Dreikurs studied why children misbehave. He said that parents need to look objectively at Children should experience the natural consequences of misbehavior, as long as those
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