SMC103Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Active Child, Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning
11 Apr 2013
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Chapter one: studying child and adolescent development (pages 19 - 45) Key issues surrounding theories of development (page 21: nature versus nurture, stability versus plasticity, continuity versus discontinuity, passive versus active child, end point versus no endpoint. Different theories of child development (page 22 : biological theories - evn"t plays little role in influencing education (ex. needs more time to age if can"t perform) Genotype and evn"t are strongly related, with emphasis on behavioral genetics: psychoanalytic theories - development in self and personality. Freud and erikson: development is discon"t @ discrete stages (qualitative changes in sense of self) Erikson: society values influence development over time. Freud: the first 5 years are important (critical period) for personality develop: behavioral theories - changes in mood influenced by biology (con"t process and passive role w. no critical point)) Operant conditioning - positive re-enforcement (observation and change: cognitive theories - the way children construct understanding of evn"t (interactonal)
