CHYS 2P10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Falsifiability, Naturalistic Observation, Socalled

• School: Brock University
• Department: Child and Youth Studies
• Course: CHYS 2P10
• Professor: Anthony Volk

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Office hours: friday1-2 (or by appointment or by chance) The goal of the course is to give students a broad understanding of the principles, theories, and facts of child development. In plain english, i want to teach you the fundamental theories and concepts necessary for understanding child and youth development, as well as some of the details of that development. The course tries to strike a balance between teaching the material (giving fish) and teaching the students how to learn the material themselves (teaching how to fish). Mid term 1- 25% = friday, october 23rd. Tests: the test will be mc, not cumulative, based mostly on the text but also on lecture material, mid-term will be in this class- show up on time, final will be scheduled by registrar, missed tests. Today"s lecture is an intro to some key concepts and the answer to the following question. The answer is simple to understand the science of development.