01:830:331 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1.3: Tabula Rasa, Active Child, Heredity
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Once a child begins down a particular developmental path, he/she stays on that path throughout life. Early development is related to later development but not perfectly. Continuity-discontinuity issue: an issue concerned with whether a developmental phenomenon follows a smooth progression throughout the life span or a series of abrupt shifts. Nature-nurture issue: an issue concerning the manner in which genetic and environmental factors influence development. It"s not only one type development is shaped by both. Major goal of child-development research is to understand how heredity and environment jointly determine children"s development. Active-passive child issue: the issue of whether children are simply at the mercy of the environment (passive child) or actively influence their own development through their own unique individual characteristics (active child) The passive view corresponds to locke"s description of the child as a blank slate. The active view corresponds to rousseau"s view of development as a natural unfolding that takes place within the child.