Psychology 2040A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Tabula Rasa, Sigmund Freud
5 Feb 2014
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Chapter 1: introduction to developmental psychology and research strategies. Systematic continuities and changes between conception and death. Maturation (heredity influences on aging process) and learning (change in behaviour due to experience) drive development. Thomas hobbes: original sin, child has a passive role. Baby biographers: recorded development of own child (darwin) G stanley hall and sigmund freud are founders of discipline. Stanley: questionnaire method, identified adolescence as unique period. Limitations: not useful with very young children, accuracy and honesty problems and interpretation of question. Time-sampling (freq of behaviour recorded in brief observation intervals) Structured observations (lab situation designed to elicit specific behaviour) *may be difficult to determine cause of behaviour. Case study (detailed record of an individ development- interviews, observations, not standardized) Ethnography (common in anthropology- researcher lives in community for period of time with goal to understand effect of culture development) Psychological methods (goal to understand biological processes involved in perception, cognition, and emotion) include heart rate, erps, fmri.
