PS275 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Hawthorne Effect, Naturalistic Observation, Quasi
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Preformationism cont: changes in occupational world shift in thinking, new occupations that required higher level thinking, education (read, write) Government officials, journalists: children went to school instead of work until 12 y/o, change from jobs like carpentry and farming, tarted seei(cid:374)g (cid:272)hildre(cid:374) less as (cid:862)little adult(cid:863), (cid:373)ore as (cid:862)future adult(cid:863) Two pioneers in child psychology departures from preformationism. John locke: english philosopher, father of environmentalism and learning theory, nurture outlook. Ideas are learned: mi(cid:374)d is (cid:862)ta(cid:271)ula rasa(cid:863) blank state, blank paper, void of all characteristics without any ideas, then filled with adult teachings, develops through experience/environment. I(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e fro(cid:373) adults is (cid:271)iggest i(cid:374) earl(cid:455) (cid:455)ears, (cid:272)hild"s (cid:373)i(cid:374)d is (cid:373)ost (cid:862)plia(cid:271)le(cid:863) duri(cid:374)g earl(cid:455) years: basic nature is set for life after these early years, associations, repetitions, imitation, rewards/punishments. Indicates typical or average development/pattern of that behaviour: can use this typical info to help understand atypical development, ex. looking at height or weight find average height of children at 6 y/o.
