EAR-20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Developmental Psychology, Color Vision, Phallic Stage
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G stanley hall: the funder of modern child psychology. First american to obtain a ph. d in psychology. Known for founding the first us psychological journal and the first journal of developmental psychology (pedagogical seminary) Founded and served as the first apa. Interested in studying the content of children"s minds. Adopting the questionnaire method he learnt about in germany. For the first time researchers were collecting data to compare groups of children (ex. Boys vs girls), inconstant to previous approaches that had emphasized the detailed examination of individual children. Known primary as the developer of the first formal assessment scale of intelligence. Pioneer in the study of individual differences unique characterizes that distinguish one person from others in the large group. Original interest in general features of children"s thinking (ex. Scrutinized the behaviors of his two daughters as they tried to solve problems. Studies on children"s thinking had two significant outcomes. Demonstrated that a description of individual differences contributed to the.
