HDFS 101 Study Guide - The Blank Slate, Deductive Reasoning
7 May 2014
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Human development is the scientific study of age-related changes in behavior, thinking, emotion, and personality. Early philosophers based ideas about development on spiritual authorities, general philosophical orientations, and deductive logic. Original sin, the blank slate, and innate goodness. Philosophers" inquiries into the nature of development focused on why babies, who appear to be quite similar, grow up to vary widely. 19th century saw an explosion of interest in how scientific methods might be applied to questions that previously had been thought to belong within the domain of philosophy. G. stanley hall thought that developmentalists should identify norms or average ages at which developmental milestones are reached. Arnold gesell"s research suggested the existence of a genetically programmed sequential pattern of change. Gesell used the term maturation to describe such a pattern of change. Maturation; the gradual unfolding of a genetically programmed sequential pattern of change.
