FMST 210 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Internal Consistency, Child Development, Dependent And Independent Variables
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Basic functions of any theory: accumulation, precision, guidance, connectedness, interpretation, prediction, explanation, application. Does not contain logically contradictory assertions: clarity: Ideas are defined and explicated where necessary: explanatory power: Explains well what it is intended to explain: coherence: Key ideas are interconnected, and there are no loose ends. Plato: argued that experience could not be the source of knowledge; human senses are too fallible, believed children are born with innate knowledge, no learning is necessary. Aristotle: denied innate knowledge, argued knowledge is rooted in perceptual experience: acquired piece by piece, based on the information provided by their senses. > childcare/caregivers will affect child"s development: passive stance: we are born bad and society protects us from corruption . Stanley hall: generated theories of child development based on evolutionary theory to determine age trends in children"s beliefs and feelings regarding a range of topics, first president of the american psychological association.
