Human Growth and Development CLEP Prep Practice Exam

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Who proposed the psychosocial approach to development?

Bandura
Freud
Piaget
Erikson

The correct answer is: Erikson

Erik H. Erikson proposed the psychosocial approach to development. This theory was derived from and in contrast to Sigmund Freud's psychosexual theory. Bandura is known for social learning theory and believed that children learned through observing and imitating role models. Freud is attributed to the development of the psychoanalytic theory. Piaget proposed the cognitive development theory, which focused on the stages of intellectual development in children. Thus, options A, B and C are incorrect in relation to the psychosocial approach to development proposed by Erikson.