PSYCH211 Study Guide - Final Guide: Nuclear Membrane, Inter-Rater Reliability, Longitudinal Study
6 Jan 2016
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Species- typical environment- the environment that provides the features that the genome needs or expects in order to develop typically. Nativist- one who views development as being driven primarily r exclusively by internal forces. The information needed for development is assumed to exist within the developing child. Often this info is thought to be preserved in the genes. Empiricists- one who believes that all knowledge depends upon direct experience or empirical observation. The newborn"s mind is a blank slate and requires exposure to info in order to gain knowledge. Charles darwin: stanley hall published a book on his son"s development which is known as baby biography considered the founder of developmental psychology emphasized maturational process developed the first large systematic study o development in north american. Was the first to see the value of his info to be available to parents. Was an empiricist often called the father of behaviorism.
