PSY 140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Tabula Rasa, Static Universe, Empiricism
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Da perspective on these developmental transition controversies: the various controversies, such as those discussed here, suffer from a variety of weaknesses (overton 1998) The "either / or" nature in the first instance implies that one or the other reflects the "true" or "actual" essence of growth. It in turn implies that the right answer will soon be discovered by empirical inquiry. "the basic empirical observation that decades of scientific studies have failed to address any of these issues indicates that this conclusion is insufficient" (overton, A contrasting, postmodern, viewpoint explains the significance of theory: "theory is taken as a conceit by modernist seekers of knowledge who imagine (and can only imagine) an epistemology of reality of basic, trans historical understanding. Theory resembles its earlier portrayal as fiction in such a postmodern view. Children"s images: the influences of history, culture and science theory play major roles in influencing how we interpret children and adolescents as illustrated in the preceding pages.
