PSYC 251 : Unit 1.docx

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 251
• Professor: Stanka A Fitneva

Document Summary

Chapter 1: an introduction to child development p. 1-39. Werner kauai study age 2 toddlers w/ severe prenatal or birth problems but who lived in harmonious middle-income families were nearly as advanced in language and motor skills as were children who hadn"t experienced such problems. Help parents raise their children more effectively. Lead society as a whole to adopt wiser policies regarding children"s welfare. Answer intriguing ques- tions about human nature. Historical foundations of the study of child development. Earliest recorded ideas about children"s development were those of plato and aristotle both believed long-term welfare of society depended on the proper raising of children. Plato viewed the rearing of boys as a particularly demanding challenge for parents and teachers. Plato emphasized self-control and discipline as the most important goals of education: aristotle agreed w/ plato that discipline was necessary, but he was more concerned w/ fitting child-rearing to the needs of the individual child.