PSYCH 2AA3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Psychodynamics, Social Cognitive Theory, Lev Vygotsky
9 Oct 2016
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Outline: historical views of children and childhood & origins of a new science. Kendra loves her 12-month old son joshua, but she is eager to return to her job as a loan of cer at. Kendra knows a woman in her neighbourhood who has cared for some of her friends" children, and they all think she is wonderful. Plato (428-347 bce) and aristotle (384-322 bce) believed that schools and parents had responsibility for teaching children the self-control that would make them effective citizens. Plato believed that experience could not be the source of knowledge because human senses are too fallible (innate knowledge inc. abstractions like love, courage and goodness) Aristotle denied the existence of innate knowledge, believing instead that knowledge is rooted in perceptual experience, believing instead that knowledge is rooted in perceptual experience. Children acquire knowledge piece by piece based on the information provided by their senses.
