PSYB20H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Scientific Method, Random Assignment, Observer-Expectancy Effect
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Chapter 1: child development: themes, theories, and methods. 3 themes that scientists examined pertaining to psychological growth: origins of human beh, pattern of developmental change over time and the individual and contextual factors aspects of development: bio, cognitive, linguistic, emotional, and social. Arnold gesell believed that the course of development was largely predetermined by biological factors. Maturation: a genetically determined process of growth that unfolds naturally over a period of time. Assumed that bio factors placed no restrictions on the ways that the envir can shape the course of a child"s development. Believed that if he could organize envir, he could produce a genius or criminal. Pattern of developmental change: continuity vs discontinuity some view development as a continuous process new events build on earlier experiences. Development is a smooth and gradual accumulation of abilities some view development as discontinuous.
