This illustration describes how female empowerment involves the process of gaining control over one's own life but not seeking to dominate males, but through the development of one's capacities, skills, and abilities. This development only takes place when individuals acquire organize thinking which can be build upon and modified as new events are encountered. Students should familiarize themselves with Piaget's concepts and be able to apply these theories into their own practical knowledge. Living Issues Cognitive Development and the Use of Birth Control serves as an ideal reflection cognitive development in contemporary perspective. Chapter Two concludes with Lorenz's ethological theories relative to imprinting, bonding, and attachment.
Ethology emphasizes behavior is a product of evolution and is biologically determined.
Ethologist Robert Hinde, describes this time as a sensitive period, referring to certain times of life when organism is more affected by particular kinds of experiences. Unofficial and external sites are not endorsed by Southeastern Louisiana University. This page last updated 30 July 1999.