PSY 140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Richard Lewontin, Ontogeny, Psych
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How far the forefather of developmental psychology really was darwin: when a well-accepted historical "reality" is questioned, this is worth noting, particularly when it concerns a fundamental concept of the field. Of course, the influence darwin had on the field of biology was profound. He was described as having achieved "sainthood (if not divinity) among evolutionary biologists" (gould and lewontin, 1979: 589) It can be argued, however, that the darwinian theory"s effect directly may not have been as obvious or heavy as generally thought (charlesworth, 1992) The immediate origins of developmental psychology are difficult to classify, particularly because this discipline began to emerge at the same time as darwin"s research. This raises the prospect that the new discipline or its precursors may have greatly affected darwin himself, although charlesworth dismissed this notion in light of the available evidence. In fact, he argued that there was a lack of the most characteristic aspect of.
