Theories of attachment
Learning theories including O'Connor et al.’s (2013) study on social learning, parenting and attachment.
Bowlby's maternal deprivation hypothesis and theory of attachment, including the 44 Juvenile Thieves study (1944).
Ainsworth’s work on attachment including types of attachment and care giver sensitivity.
Cross-cultural research into attachment types.
Strange situation procedure.
Theories of cognitive development
Piaget's stages of cognitive and language development.
Vygotsky's zone of proximal development (ZPD).
Stages of language development.
Theories of language: learning including Skinner; nativist including Chomsky's language acquisition device (LAD); interactionist including Vygotsky. Social and emotional development
Erikson's stages of psychosocial development.
Vygotsky's theory of social development.
Mindfulness enhancing social, emotional and cognitive development.