PSYC 2078 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Lev Vygotsky, Neurotransmitter, Menarche
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Historical perspective: plato (4th century bce) on maturity, ability to reasoning, aristotle (4th century bce) on maturity, ability to choose and self determination (own identity, starts to research instead of just listening to parents, religion, careers, experimenting different careers, middle ages, children and adolescents were viewed as miniature adults, same punishment as adults, rousseau being a child or an adolescent is not the same as being an adult, think and process things differently as child and adult, agreed with plato, santa clause example, g. stanley hall"s storm and stress view, the father of study of adolescent, conflict and mood swings, first to look at norms (what age is appropriate with development, margaret mead"s sociocultural view, not biological, we"re all gonna develop the same way, but what makes us different is environment, pakistan girl example, how different life would be in a different culture, the inventionist view, sociohistorical invention, decrease in apprenticeship and increase in education, separate work, home, and school.
