HDFS 1070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Tabula Rasa, Shyness, Biological Determinism
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Theory that human mind is born a blank slate: john locke. System : regular and enduring patterns in an organized set of elements. Wholeness : system must be understood in its entirety; whole is more than the sum of its parts. Interdependence : components are intertwined, cannot discuss one without the other, what affects one part affects the others. Boundaries : where two systems or subsystems meet w each other or the environment permeability. Adaptive self-regulation : adjustments made by a system in which feedback mechanisms identify and respond to environmental changes in order to maintain and enhance the functioning of the system. Focused on role an environment has in shaping a child"s development. Cohorts : a group of people who are roughly the same age during a particular historical period (ex. Normative socio-cultural graded influences : shifts in cultural. Normative socio-cultural graded influences : shifts in cultural values" orientation that change the prevailing practices of society.