PSYCH 2AA3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Arnold Gesell, Moral Agency, Toilet Training
8 Dec 2015
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Topic 1: introduction themes in developmental psychology. Plato and aristotle wrote about ideal forms of government, believed that schools and parents were responsible for teaching children the self-control that would make them effective citizens. Aristotle worried that too much self-discipline would stifle children"s initiative and individuality, making them unfit leaders. John locke: human infant is a tabula rasa blank slate, experience molds the infant, child, adolescent, and adult into a, parents should instruct, reward, and discipline young children, unique individual gradually relaxing authority as they grow old. Baby biographies detailed, systematic observations of individual: often subjective, and conclusions were sometimes reached on children the basis of minimal evidence. John b. watson: founder of behaviourism, writer and lecturer on the importance of reward and punishment for child-rearing practices. Canadian psychological association (cpa) founded in late 1930s. Society for research in child development (srcd) Applied developmental science uses developmental research to promote healthy development, particularly for vulnerable children and families.
