PSY 2105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Developmental Psychology, Tabula Rasa, Psychosexual Development
23 Nov 2016
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Concerned with changes in behavior and abilities across the lifespan. Today, childhood=special period of caring , teaching and protection. Then elongated (when child labor laws came into effect) Childhood is a period of rapid change. Complex processes are more easily understood during their formation. Social policies that improve the lives of children can be influenced by research findings. Children and their experiences are inherently intriguing. **common law couples having children is the grossing family structure ** An orderly, integrated, evidence-based set of statements that. Argued that children gain knowledge through experience and learning. Tabula rasa : everyone has a blank slate, all depends on what you put in front of them. Argues that children are born with innate knowledge that drives development. Examining and evaluating the specifics of a culture is crucial to understanding human development (cultural relativism) Developed concept of natural selection in which traits that confer. First canadian academic psychologist to study development.
