PSY 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Jean Piaget, Child Development
14 Sep 2016
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Raising children: gain knowledge and information that can help parents and teachers rearing and educating children. Effective approaches helping children manage anger and other negative emotions ( turtle technique) Choosing social policies: knowledge of children developments permits informed decisions about social- policy questions that affect children. Research can inform social policies, such as those involving testimonies from preschool children. Understanding human nature: child-development research provides insights into intriguing questions regarding human nature. Children adopted from inadequate orphanages in romania: human nature is sufficiently flexible, but the timing of experiences is also important. Early philosophical perspectives: 4th century b. c. Aristotle: knowledge comes from experience; fitting to the needs of the individual child 2000 years later Thomas hobbes (1588-1679): original sin (inherently bad and passive creatures); born as bad nature and we need to educate them into good. Jean jacques rousseau (1712-1778): innate purity (inherently good and actively involved in development)
