Teaching UGC NET Mock Test Series 2025 (Paper 1 & 2) Home Science Child/Human Development Theories of Human Development and Behaviour
A popular theory describes development as primarily unconscious and heavily colored with emotion, where, behaviour is merely a surface characteristic and the symbolic workings of the mind have to be analysed to understand it. Early experience with parents is also emphasized. This theory is known as
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Cognitive theory
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Ecological theory
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Evolutionary theory
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Psycho analytic theory