Nature vs Nurture in Child Development Psychology Discussion

Take any modern psychological issue (e.g., psychotherapy vs. medication in treatment of mental illness) and look at it from the perspective of two theorists or theories discussed in this course. The goal of this assignment is to learn about different sides of an argument from the perspectives of different theories or theorists, and then to apply that knowledge to pertinent topic in psychology today. You may write your paper as an actual debate, or simply write a traditional paper comparing and contrasting the different perspectives. The main goal is to be able to take knowledge learned in this course and to apply it to some more recent idea or issue. Remember to make your topi and your debate as specific as possible since this is only a 5-page paper。Feel free to choose any two theorists or theories discussed in the text. Just a few examples may be:

Freud vs. Skinner on the causes and treatments of addiction
Erikson vs. Freud on nature-nurture issues in child development
Skinner vs. Bandura on school learning environments
Skinner vs. Rogers or any humanistic theorist on how to shape behavior and growth
Piaget vs. Watson on how learning and creativity

Any two theorists on whether emotions are helpful or harmful in decision making