PSYC21H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Erik Erikson, Social Change, Electra Complex
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Lecture 2: methods theories, designs and measures. Question for mini-lab: biological or environment, what role do children play in their own development. Assume that how ppl affect us is happening in a reciprocal manner. How you respond how others will treat you. This is why everyone plays a role in their own development: what is the appropriate unit for studying social development. Relationships between ppl (dyads, triads: is development continuous or discontinuous. Some theories like stage theories view development as discontinuous. More contemporary researchers see it as both but essentially continuous: is social behaviour the result of the situation or the child. Some ppl more interested in personality or situation factors: *is social development universal or cross cultures. No it is not universal: how does social development vary across history. A lot of differences: is social development related to other domains. Separated but influential: mothers are the only thing that count in your life.
