PSYCH 3JJ3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Little Albert Experiment, Child Abuse, Environmental Factor
11 Dec 2019
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Social behaviour and how it changes over time. And examination of how other aspects of development underlie children"s social behaviour. Fear we know the most about it in terms of development because . Newborns can recognize their own mothers by smell. Aggressive behavior in an 8-year-old can predict criminal behaviour at age 30. Infants in orphanages show lower levels of the love hormone (oxytocin) Child abuse can lead to changes in children"s brain functioning. Having a close friend can make up for being rejected by classmates. A conflicted relationship between mother and daughter can speed up the onset of puberty. Didn"t recognize childhood as a distinct period in development. Many children died in infancy or early childhood, those who survived weren"t valued the way children are today and were forced. Hall: watson to work in mines and fields. Notes the importance of the functions of development. Use of questionnaires to document children"s activities, feelings and attitudes.
