PSYC 2500 Lecture Notes - Lev Vygotsky, Konrad Lorenz, Operant Conditioning
19 Sep 2014
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He believed children are born with innate knowledge of the world. We know what perfect circles look like without ever having: aristotle believed that knowledge comes from experience (empirical seen one. John locke and his idea of the tabula rasa or blank slate. Jean-jacques rousseau believed that we"re born with an innate sense of justice and morality. Nature vs. nurture: argument is still not fully resolved, we now ask to what extent each concept influences people instead of. Long history of child development (cid:190) maximize our understanding of development. Goes back over 2000 years to plato asking which one is true. Industrial revolution: well-being of children is a national concern, working in factories was turning out to be bad for kids. Darwin got everyone excited about the behaviour and development of children, as well as the changes over time. Baby biographies : people wrote notes about their children and their behaviour. Child development research now used to promote healthy development.
