PS275 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Tabula Rasa, Preformationism, Participant Observation
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Started seeing children less as a little adult and more as a future adult . By providing education to their children, middle-class workers rose to the thought that new knowledge and new information would benefit everyone. Two pioneers in child psychology: (radical departures from preformationism: john locke (1632-1704, father of environmentalism and learning theory, nurture , jean-jacques rousseau (1712-1778, developmental tradition, nature . Develops through experience/environment is most pliable during early years associations, repetition, imitation, rewards, punishment children are empty containers which are filled by adult teaching. Natural (innate) plan for healthy growth leads us to develop different capacities at different times (built-in plan for orderly, healthy development) Noble savages : essentially good and ready to develop, innate sense of right and wrong, stanley hall (1844-1924): founder of child study movement gathered extensive data on all aspects of development structured, systematic. Normative approach to child study take measures on large number of children.
