PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes -Dionne Quintuplets, Arnold Gesell, Canadian Psychological Association
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Chapter 1 child development: themes, theories, and. It identifies changes in the child"s cognitive, emotional, motor, and social capacities and behaviours from conception to adolescence (the what) It tries to determine processes that underlie those chances (the why/how) Researchers devise theories and test them empirically. Through his research, he demonstrated that scientists could study infants and children. Sigmund freud and jean piaget were also big contributors. James mark baldwin studied mental development on his own daughter. Canadian psychological association (1938) a national organization of canadian psychologists. St. george"s school for child study (1926) an institute for child study still operating currently. William emet blatz developmental psychologist that headed the above school and studied the dionne quintuplets, which over all promoted the study of child psychology generally in canada. Info about child development can help society protect and advance the well-being of children. It can be used to help shape social policy on behalf of children.
