Applying theories to our work with young children 1. Briefly share what Theory guides you in child development? Was it one not mentioned in the video? 2. Give two differences between Piaget & Vygotsky's Cognitive Development Theories. 3. How would Skinner's Behaviorism theory to classroom/behavior management? How would this differ from Arnold Gesell's Maturation theory? All psychoanalytic explanations of human development emphasize the critical importance of relationships with people and the sequence, or stages, of personality development. The psychoanalyst Erik Erikson expanded and refined Freud’s theory of development. It is Erikson whose ideas have most affected early childhood education.- Beginnings & Beyond (10th Edition) 4. According to psychoanalytic theory, why were the first years of life so important?