PSY 322 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jean Piaget, Developmental Psychopathology
8 Mar 2016
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Uncovers a greater range of variation than any single cultural study. Wilder perspective on what is typical and atypical. Increased coverage and research = more likely to answer the questions of distinguishing between biology and environment. Greater commonality of psychological processes over highly varied cultural contexts, the more likely biological. Any psychological theory claiming universality must be demonstrated to hold cross culturally. Formal operations not reached in illiterate adults. When children have practice in one domain they can excel and move through piagetian stages. Theory can claim external validity if it is supported by many theories. Informed practice: taking information from research and actually using it in an intervention. Integration of theory and practice to promote wellbeing for the individual,
