PSYC 2500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Romanian Orphans, Child Development, Sigmund Freud

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2500
• Professor: Anne Bowker

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Raising children: child-development research may help answer certain parenting questions, ex. Corporal punishment spanking children who are disobedient as a form of punishment for behaviour. Prevalence rates for spanking range from 50-66% in canada (2007) Research shows that spanking children can worsen behaviour problems and lead to long lasting negative effects: there are several effective alternatives to spanking, such as expressing sympathy. When parents express sympathy, children are better able to cope: strategies similar to these contribute effectively to raise children. Choosing social policies: make informed decisions regarding wide variety of social-policy questions about children in general. Child development research can inform discussion on policy issues involving. Understanding human nature children: most questions about human nature concern children, developmental scientists have methods to observe, describe, explain process of development. Child(cid:396)e(cid:374)"s a(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) to o(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:272)o(cid:373)e ea(cid:396)l(cid:455) (cid:373)alt(cid:396)eat(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:894)romanian orphanages) Compared children adopted from romanian orphanages to british children adopted at same age.