PSYC 2110 Lecture 10: PSYC 2110 Lecture 10 Notes
30 May 2018
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PSYC 2110 Lecture 10 Notes
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• Not all early societies treated their children as harshly as the citizens of Carthage, Rome,
and Sparta.
• Yet fo seeal etuies CE, hilde ee ieed as fail possessios ho had o
rights (Hart, 1991) and whom parents were free to exploit as they saw fit.
• I Euope, it as’t util the th etu CE that legislatio euated ifatiide ith
murder (deMause, 1974)! Children fared a little better during the medieval era.
• Medieal hilde ee ot oddled o idulged to the etet that toda’s hilde ae.
• They were often dressed in miniature versions of adult clothing and were depicted in
artwork working alongside adults in the shop or the field, or drinking and carousing with
adults at parties.
• And except for exempting very young children from criminal culpability, medieval law
generally made no distinctions between childhood and adult offences (Borstelmann,
1983; Kean, 1937).
• But childhood was generally recognized as a distinct phase of life, and children were
thought to have certain needs above and beyond those of adults (see Borstelmann,
1983; Cunningham, 1996; Kroll, 1977).
• Toward Modern-Day Views on Childhood During the 17th and 18th centuries, attitudes
toward children and child rearing began to change.
• Religious leaders of that era stressed that children were innocent and helpless souls
who should be shielded from the wild and reckless behaviour of adults.
• One method of accomplishing this objective was to send young people to school.
• Although the primary purpose of schooling was to provide a proper moral and religious
education, it was now recognized that teaching important subsidiary skills such as
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