PSY 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Turtle Shell, Child Development, Meta-Analysis
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Reasons to learn and study about child development. Historical foundations of the study of child development. Reasons to learn about child development: understanding child dev to identify risk factors, raising children, choosing social policies, understand human nature. In general, wish to raise children well: child neglect is not the norm but still seen in developed countries ie. us. In canada 25% of parents reported spanking: according to research - children who are spanked tend to fight back and doesn"t help to manage anger - not helpful in discipline. Children spanked argue more, fight and act inappropriately: offering sympathy, help the child find positive alternatives to express anger, time out, turtle shell technique. - so children can learn to identify and control their anger ( turtle posture) Knowledge of child development permits informed decisions about social-policy questions that affect children. Example 1: the issue of playing violent video games and aggression in children and adolescents.
