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Martin Sixsmith investigates the psychological models that are applied to the different stages of human development. From May 2014.

In this programme Martin Sixsmith looks at the stages of human development from childhood to old age, including Erik Erikson's psychosocial model with its eight phases of the human life cycle.

He examines Jean Piaget's influential work on childhood development and John Bowlby's theory of attachment between mother and child.

He considers how the study of animals such as Konrad Lorenz's work with geese on imprinting and Harlow's controversial experiments with baby monkeys informed research, as well as talking to Bristol University's Professor Bruce Hood about early years development and theory of mind.

Produced by Sara Parker.
A Falling Tree production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.

15 minutes

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Tue 6 Feb 2018 02:15
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