PSY 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Parenting Styles, Child Development, Sigmund Freud

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 302
• Professor: Michael Mueller

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She showed how longitudinal study is important. She established a longitudinal study that had a huge impact on psychology. All children born same place but different time. Followed up with children for long time. She looked at children at risk (biology such premature born) (psychology such drug abuse parents) (background such as poverty) She found that children at higher risk have poorer outcome. She defined good development/outcome is (bottom quote) (cid:862) lo(cid:448)ed (cid:449)ell, (cid:449)orked (cid:449)ell, a(cid:374)d played (cid:449)ell(cid:863) Sigmund freud was asked what is normal and he said that someone that can love and someone that can play. 1/3 of the children in young adulthood were doing well. 1/3 of those kids had at least 1 person that cared for them, whether it was a parent, coach, teacher, etc. We need to be reminded how important personal relationships are with children. Her message is that there is no destiny here https://encrypted- tbn2. google. com/images?q=tbn:and9gcrwtvjtgukhpgsc1weqnsoglkejvw5axvivkggdysbqocnzprko. Systematic: changes are orderly, patterned, and relatively enduring.