PSYC85H3 Lecture Notes - Orthogenesis, Religious Education, Normal Science
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Chapter 13 the developmental point of view. Developmental psychology is assumed to be concerned with the study of children however developmental psychology and child psychology is not the same thing. The concept of development is known as a gradual unfolding, other theorists believes development to be synonymous to evolution and do not see it to be predetermined. Another meaning of development is bringing out the latent capabilities of a person. We will see that there are still more variations on the meaning of development: stanley hall. Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny views humans development similar to that of evolution, a concrete explain of this is when a embryo"s brain first resembles a fish then a reptile in the second stage and so on. Hall"s version of the recapitulation principle was informed by a deeply religious sensibility, he believed that the historical order in which religions emerged was indicative of their developmental status.
