PSYC 289 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Original Sin, Twin Study, 6 Years
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Views on the nature of childhood: preformationist mini adults, 1695 person contained in sperm, just needs to grow, original sin humans born sinful. Good bc ppl actually try to raise children: tabula rasa (locke) (cid:862)(cid:271)la(cid:374)k slate(cid:863) Pare(cid:374)ts/tea(cid:272)hers/so(cid:272)iet(cid:455) i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t i(cid:374) (cid:272)hild"s life, tea(cid:272)h the(cid:373) a(cid:374)d help become members who contribute to society. Innate goodness (rousseau) children come into world innately good. Changed childcare; parents/society just need to guide child, but goodness will come out with just some guidance. (cid:862)(cid:271)a(cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:271)iographers(cid:863) (cid:894)dar(cid:449)i(cid:374)(cid:895) wrote detailed notes on children. Scientific study of childhood (hall, freud, watson, piaget, gesell) How much of a given characteristic, behavior or pattern of development is determined by genetic influences and how much by environmental influences: relative influence of nature and nurture. Twin studies: prenatal influences in difference in appearance in identical twins. How do genetics and environment interact to determine a given characteristic,
