PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Developmental Science, Century Child

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Development: the systematic changes that occur in individuals between the moment of conception or the moment of death. Child development: all the changes that occur over the life span. Understanding the processes of human in animal development. Childhood in the medieval times (6th-15th centuries) Children wear loose comfortable gowns, playing games, looking up to adults, childhood was. The contradictory nature of childhood seen as different in relation to adults , teenagers were not fully mature. By the 14th century you seen manuals , books that offered advice to parents about different aspects of childcare, healthcare, feeding , clothing and games. Laws that recognized that children need protection from people who could hurt them . Religious writings had contradictory notions about the nature of childhood. Religious icons talking about children as being pure and innocent. Children were seen as being possessed by the devil, with sin.