Psychology 2040A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Longitudinal Study, Social Learning Theory, Tabula Rasa

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2040A/B
• Professor: Samantha Goldsmith

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Psychology 2040a lecture notes: all physical and psychological changes a human being undergoes over their lifetime, from conception until death, development = change, development starts at conception. What is developmental psychology: systematic and scientific study of changes in human behaviour and mental activity over a lifetime. Rene decartes nativism: theor(cid:455) that (cid:373)ost k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge, skills, a(cid:374)d a(cid:271)ilities are i(cid:374)(cid:374)ate or (cid:862)hard-(cid:449)ired(cid:863) i(cid:374) the (cid:271)rai(cid:374). And present from birth; we are born with all the skills that we need. John locke empiricism: theory that we are born as a tabula rasa blank slate; all knowledge is derived from our experience with the world. Alfred binet individual differences: o(cid:271)ser(cid:448)ed differe(cid:374)(cid:272)es i(cid:374) (cid:272)hildre(cid:374)"s thi(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d (cid:373)e(cid:373)or(cid:455); follo(cid:449)ed a(cid:374)d (cid:272)o(cid:373)pared his two daughters from toddler to teenage years. Sigmund freud early experience: proposed five psychosexual stages of development; one of the first to emphasize the importance of early experience and family interactions.