PSYC 302 Chapter 1: An Introduction to Child Development.docx
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Reasons for studying child development: to be a better parent or better at raising children learning what is useful (express sympathy) and what is not useful (spanking) when dealing with anger in children, to choose or help develop social policies how much trust to put into child testimonials in child abuse cases, to better understand human nature how old are baby"s when trauma or other things start having a more long lasting effect (romanian orphanage) Jean jacques rousseau: parents and society should give children maximum freedom, children should not have formal education until age 12 age of reason as he called it, sigmund freud, biological drives, especially sexual ones, are a crucial influence on children"s actions. Cross sectional designs: a research method in which children of different ages are compared on a given behavior or characteristic over a short period. o and younger children o time.
