PSY311H5 Lecture Notes - Repeated Measures Design, Developmental Psychology, Social Change
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Changes over time in the child"s understanding of attitudes toward, and actions with others (we. Stanley hall, father of american psychology, studied: the small child"s activities and feelings, Sub field that studies: can record and assess how a child changes as they get older. Going to monitor understanding and attitudes towards *cognitive component* . And how actions changes *behavioral component*) control of emotions and will . Includes affective, cognitive, and social aspects of development. Social psychology (which we wont be focusing on) focuses on how we realte to others and how others influence our behaviors, feelings, and thoughts. Because of an interest in children (questions such as what is my child supposed to do at age x? ) Because of an interest in adults (questions about the nature and product of development in order to understand why adults behave the way they do) Not till the late 19th century that the scientific study of children had begun.
