PSYC 2230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Behaviorism, Umbilical Cord, Urie Bronfenbrenner
17 Jun 2016
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John watson behaviourism did not believe in an inborn developmental plan. Through manipulation of the environment children could be trained to do anything (little albert). Rigity ensures that children will become emotionally hard. Benjamin spocke believes in no excessive demands on children reduced conflict over weaning and toilet training. Plato and descartes believe in nature and that some knowledge was inborn. John locke (empiricists) (the mind is a blank slate) (nurture) tabula rasa all knowledge is created from experience. Jean jacques rosseau (interactionists) (we are naturally good) seek experiences that help promote growth, development involves interaction between internal and external forces, it is both nature and nurture. G. stanley hall milestones were dictated by inborn developmental plans. Aslin"s model of environmental influence is used to study infants perception of speech and objects. Urie bronfenbrenner each child grows up in a complex social environment with a distinct cast of characteristics. Freud"s theory (psychoanalytic theory) libido and defense mechanisms.
