PSYCH 2AA3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Metatheory, Reinforcement, Behaviorism
17 Dec 2018
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Children are born with behaviours, motives and knowledge of concrete objects (animals, humans) and abstractions (courage, love, goodness) States that infants are a blank slate, a tabula rosa. Children are born with an innate sense of justice and morality that unfolds naturally as a child grows (infancy to adolescence) Prompted scientists to make correlations between adaptive traits and age-related changes in behaviour. Detailed, systematic observations of children; extensive records. James mark baldwin (late 1800"s to early 1900"s) Believed in theoretical basis for experimentation (utilizing a scientific method) An organized set of ideas designed to explain and make predictions about development. Earlier theories generated research and findings/scientific foundations for modern ones. 5 major theoretical perspectives in child development: biological, psychodynamic, learning, cognitive-developmental, and contextual. Research will either confirm or reject a theory. Theory -> form hypothesis -> design a research study to test hypothesis ->
