CHILD

PSYCHOLOGY
P.SAMHITHA
4TH BDS
 CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• THEORIES OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
• THEORY OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
• OPERANT CONDITIONING THEORY
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCE
 INTRODUCTION
• DEFINITION :
PSYCHOLOGY IS THE SCIENCE
DEALING WITH HUMAN
MATURE FUNCTION AND
PHENOMENON OF HIS SOUL IN
THE MAIN.
• CHILD PSYCHOLOGY: IS THE
SCIENCE THAT DEALS WITH
THE MENTAL POWER OR AN
INTERACTION THROUGH THE
CONSCIOUS AND
SUBCONSCIOUS ELEMENT IN A
CHILD.
 IMPORTANCE OF CHILD
PSYCHOLOGY
• Understand the child better and therefore deal with him
more effectively and efficiently.
• Better planning and interaction between treatment plan.
• To identify the problems of psychosomatic origin.
• To train the child so that he understands his own oral
hygiene.
• Helps modify child’s developmental process.
 THEORIES OF CHILD
PSYCHOLOGY
1.PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY

a.Psychosexual Theory/psychoanalytic theory-Sigmund Freud(1905)

b.Cognitive Theory-Jean Piaget(1952)

c.Psychosocial Theory/model of personality development-Erik Erikson(1963)

2.THEORIES OF LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF BEHAVIOUR

a. Classical conditioning-Ivan Pavlov(1927)

b.Operant conditioning -BF Skinner(1938)

c.Hierarchy of needs -Abraham Maslow(1954)

d.Social learning theory -Albert Bandura(1963)

THANKYOU
 REFERENCE

NIKHIL MARWAH, Textbook of Pediatric Dentistry,