PSYCH 2AA3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Social Cognitive Theory, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Psychodynamics
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Introduction: themes in developmental psychology 1. 1, 1. 2, 1. 3. Plato believed that experience couldn"t be source of knowledge b/c human senses are too fallible. Argued that children are born with innate knowledge of many concrete objects ie. animals and ppl as well as abstract concepts of courage, love and goodness. Believed that children"s sensory experiences trigger knowledge they"ve had since birth. Aristotle denied existence of innate knowledge- knowledge rooted to perceptual experience. Contrasting opening resurfaced during age of enlightenment- john locke child is a blank state" and experience moulds person into unique individual. Jean jacques rousseau believed that newborns are endowed with an innate sense of justice, morality that unfolds naturally as the child grows. One event that triggered as a science was the industrial revolution. Child who no longer needed constant care- at about 5-7 years- considered an adult and entered world of work. During ir many children were maimed or killed while working in factories for little pay.