PSYC 315 : How Children Develop Pages 1-24.docx
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Chapter 1 pages 1 24: experiment by werner, interviewed mom"s when child was 1 and 10, talked to teachers about their academic performances, examined police, family court, social service records, administered standardized intelligence and personality tests at 10 and 18, interviewed at 18 and early 30s. Choosing social policies: learn about child development s to make informed decisions not just about own kids but also questions affecting kids in general, experiment of testing young kid"s memory for events, 3 6 year olds, were told to touch own body and others parts, month later researcher had social worker interview kids, worker was given correct and wrong information. Understanding human nature: orphanages(cid:224)no contact with caregivers, adopted by british families, kids were malnourished, lowest in height, weight, head circumference, parents who adopted them knew of their bad backgrounds, adopted before 6 months of age faired as well as british kids, but 6 24 months were less.
