PSY 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Little Albert Experiment
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What: main findings, the design, development or human nature. When: certain milestones and in what order they acquire certain skills. Where: ex cultural differences or when the where is important to the results. Gain knowledge and info that can help parents and teachers rearing and educating children. Ex: effective approaches helping children manage anger and other negative emotions (ex "turtle technique") Research shows it makes it worse and effects can be long lasting. Knowledge of child development permits informed decisions about social- policy questions that affect children. Ex: research can inform social policies, such as those involving testimonies from preschool children. 34% of children change their answer because they assume the experimenter is correct (children have short term memory and can be easily manipulated) Meta-analysis shows that playing violent videogames has minimal effect on children"s and adolescent"s aggression. 40% of children in sexual abuse cases are 11 and younger. Risky because they"re so young, you don"t know if they"re being.
