HDFS 101 Lecture Notes - The Blank Slate, Arnold Gesell, Empiricism
7 May 2014
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Humans are born selfish and must seek spiritual rebirth. Developmental outcomes: individuals struggle to overcome moral actions. Emphasis on children and basic goodness of human nature. Children as passive recipients of their environment. Developmental outcome: individual differences due to experience. First organized study of human development evolution. Baby biographies: detailed records of his own children"s early years. Emphasis on norms or average ages at which developmental milestones occur. Important changes occur in each period of development. Children and adults experience major life passages. People are living longer now than before. Systematic description of children across domains, particularly in the first five years of life. Maturation occurs naturally from genetically programmed sequences. Used movie cameras, one-way mirrors to note change in interaction and development. With age, strategies used to maximize gain and compensate for losses. Hair loss compensate by getting wig, rogaine, new haircut. Domains and periods of development: 3 broad domain categories. Key issues in the study of human development.
