PSY 2105 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Johann Gottfried Herder, Erik Erikson, Phallic Stage
27 May 2016
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Chapter one: background and theories: developmental psychology: study of changes in behaviour and abilities over the course of development, there are three domains of development: physical; cognitive; and emotional+social, early theorists, john locke (1632-1704): All children are born equal, and the mind of a newborn is like tabula rasa blank slate. Argued children learn through experience and learning. Environmentalist pov means that children are capable of becoming anything: jean-jacques rousseau (1712-1778): Argued that children are born with innate knowledge that drives development. Whatever knowledge the child does not possess innately is acquired gradually from interactions with the environment, guided by child"s own interests and level of development. Nativism: johann gottfried von herder (1744-1803): Everyone is born into speci c cultural community with a shared language and historical traditions. These shared practices shape the minds of the members of the community. Cultural relativism, the idea rear each culture must be examined and evaluated on it"s own terms: charles darwin (1809-1882):
