PSYC 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Informed Consent, Sampling Bias, Dependent And Independent Variables
11 Dec 2016
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Successive changes build on each other: physical development, cognitive development. Failing children in school: anti-bullying programs geared for different age groups, having to be 16 to drive. Understanding human nature: why do we behave the way we do, nature vs nurture. Early beliefs: aristotle child as blank slate. Locke and aristotle would say discipline is important. Social reform movements: works rights for children. Industrial revolution, young children worked 12 hour days in factories. Law forbidding employment od girls and boys under the age of 10. Da(cid:396)(cid:449)i(cid:374)"s theory of evolution: natural selection. Led to study of animal behavior in natural settings. First major theory of child development: what happens early on in life can have a large impact on subsequent development, early experiences can lead to later difficulties. Children are strongly ruled by their id, they behave without forethought: psychoanalysis early experiences can lead to later difficulties, role of unconscious.
