PSY311H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ethology, Behaviorism, Naturalistic Observation
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What is social development: changes over time in the child"s understanding of attitudes toward, and actions with others. (hartup,1991, we cant manipulate, we cant select or pick. We can measure outcomes of age, but we cant really use age as causal factor to study its results: stanley hall and will , father of american psychology studies: the small child"s activities and feelings, control of emotions. Includes affective, cognitive, and social aspects of development. Why are children studies: because our interest in children (question such as what is my child going to do at certain age, practical implication: children to be treated. Applied studies. alleviate parents; concerns and in order to know whether the: theoretical implication: knowledge. Historical perspective: evolutionary development of the field three periods of social development research, emergence (1870s-1900s, middle period (1900s-1960s) Maturationalist approach: characteristics chart and describe the unfolding of endowed. Environmental approach: determine how the children learns.
