FMST 210 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Positive Adult Development, Paul Baltes, The Blank Slate
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Chapter 1: independent questions: define developmental psychology. The scientific study of age-related changes in our bodies, behavior, thinking, emotions, social relationships, and personalities: philosophical roots. Identify the key ideas and the implied parental responsibilities of: (a) original sin (christianity: all humans are born with selfish and stubborn nature. To reduce the influence of this inborn tendency toward sinfulness, augustine taught, humans must seek redemption by leading a disciplined life: child= sinful. Parents= intervene to correct child"s immoral tendencies (b) the blank slate (john locke) Empiricism= the view that humans possess no innate tendencies and that all differences among humans are attributable to experience. ____c_____. (choose between 2 a, b, or c: the study of human development becomes a science. Since the 1930s philosophical ideas have been translated into scientific theories. In turn, scientific theories are tested/evaluated using scientific research methods.
