PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Albert Bandura, Social Learning Theory, Jean Piaget
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Children in the 18: short life expectancy th century, miniature adults children were employed, concept of childhood did not exist back in the medieval times, 19 th century: Major themes in child development: continuous vs discontinuous: continuous has quantitative differences (on a macro scale) vs. discontinuous has qualitative differences (on a micro scale, discontinuous: There are steps in between signifying abrupt changes. If unable to move to the next step or a crisis occurs revert back to primitive instincts in previous steps: nature vs. nurture: nature is biological causes vs. nurture is social and environmental causes, nature: The concept of maturation in development has a biological basis: researchers disagree on which factor has more importance in development. However, contemporary psychologists believe that there is a balance between nature and nurture genetics and their exposure to the environment result in development: passive vs.
