PSYCH 3GG3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Arnold Gesell, Classical Conditioning, Lev Vygotsky
22 Oct 2017
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Aka why does development happen: random accidental deaths that create space in the environment and opportunities for new individuals, the death of an individual creates an available niche, and mechanisms for bringing new individuals into the world evolve. Development; begins when the genome of a new individual is complete. Does it mean there was an intended purpose or designer: it means that the trait is perfect for the environment/what it needs to do, not the latter. De ne species-typical environments : species-typical environments (the environment that provides the features that the genome needs or expects in order to develop typically. ) Which two philosophers produced the earliest known writings on child development and when did this take place: palto and aristotle in the 4th century bce. What did they believe? examples of that: nativist > plato; one who views development as being driven primarily or exclusively by internal forces.
