FMLY 1010- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 311 pages long!)
11 Oct 2017
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It is the parent"s job to restrain/correct child"s immoral tendencies. 2 humans possess no innate tendencies, all differences are due to experience. 4 adults can mold children however they want. Stanley hall: wanted to find a more objective approach, used questionnaires & interviews to study children. The contents of children"s minds on entering school st. 1 scientific study on child development: norms = average ages at which developmental milestones are reached, use norms to learn about human evolution & to track development of individual children. Jean piaget: studies development of logical thinking in children. Developmental psychology = scientific study of age-related changes in our bodies, behaviour, thinking, emotions, social relationships, & personalities. Before using scientific method, philosophers based their ideas off of spiritual authorities, deductive logic, & general philosophy: why do babies, who are born similar, grow up to be so different, original sin christian doctrine (augustine) All humans born with selfish & stubborn nature.
