PSYCH211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Arnold Gesell, Radical Change, Moral Agency
8 Feb 2016
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John locke (1632-1704) said that children were born tabula rasa (blank slates), and experience moulds the infant, child, adolescent, and adult into unique individuals. Challenged by jean-jacques rousseau (1712-1778), said that new-borns were born with an innate sense of justice and morality, unfolds as infants grow. Theory: an organized set of ideas designed to explain and make predictions about development. Theories as to why the baby is crying-formal development theories are more difficult, but same concept. Theories are also a sources of testable predictions. When research matches a prediction, the theory gains support. When it differs, the theory is revised and more research is done. 5 major theoretical perspectives-biological, psychodynamic, learning, cognitive-developmental, and contextual. James mark baldwin first psychologist appointed at uoft. Materialist interested in studying the mind empirically and not philosophically. Set up the first psychological laboratory in canada, and the british empire.
