PSYCH 2AA3 Lecture Notes - Classical Conditioning, Tabula Rasa, Operant Conditioning
11 Feb 2014
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Plato: believed that experience could not be the source of knowledge because human senses are too fallible, he argued that children are born with an innate knowledge of many concrete objects. Their experiences simply trigger knowledge they already have. Aristotle: denied the existence of innate knowledge, believing instead that knowledge is rooted in perceptual experience, children acquire knowledge piece by piece based on the information provided by their senses. Locke: the human infant is a tabula rasa aka blank slate, experience mouls the infant into a unique individual, parent should instruct, reward and discipline young children, gradually relaxing their authority as children grow. During industrial revolution, families moved to cities, kids and parents worked in factories, it was dangerous for children. Reformers worked hard to change laws, get more kids in school. Stanley hall: generated theories based on evolutionary theory, conducted studies to determine age trends in children"s beliefs and feelings about a range of topics.
