FRHD 2270 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Tabula Rasa, Operant Conditioning, Ecological Systems Theory

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2270
• Professor: Robyn Pitman

Document Summary

Tabula rosa blank slate, children begin as nothing or are blank and their character is shaped by experience or written on . Biological perspective development is determined by biological forces. Maturation genetically determined, let innate abilities develop on own. Adult training would hurt a child"s built in moral sense and ways of thinking and feeling. Jean-jacques rousseau: nature or biological / genetic perspective. Continuous for example friendly at age 5, friendly at age 25. Discontinuous for example, friendly at age 5, demanding and rude at 25: not accurate: development is not perfectly predictable. Passive child children are simply at the mercy of their environment. Active child actively influence their own development through their own unique individual characteristics. Sigmund freud (both nature & nurture: development is determined by how we resolve conflicts at different ages. Id primitive instincts and drives: emerges at birth, wants immediate gratification of bodily needs and wants.