01:830:331 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Arnold Gesell, Sigmund Freud, Active Child
14 Nov 2013
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Understanding how children develop can help parents raise their children more effectively, lead society as a whole to adopt wiser policies regarding children"s welfare, and answer intriguing questions about human nature. Research on managing anger: expressing sympathy, helping angry children find positive alternatives to expressing anger. Historical foundations of the study of child development. People wrote about children from ancient greece to the early years of the 20th century. Early philosophers" views on child development: plato, aristotle. *** how children"s development is influenced by their nature and by the nurture they receive. Plato: taking care of boys were a challenge, he emphasized self-control and discipline as the most important goals of education. Aristotle: agreed with plato but was more concerned with fitting child-rearing to the needs of the individual child. Acquire knowledge: plato believed children are born with innate knowledge and born with the concept of. Improving children"s lives by changing the conditions in which they lived.
