ACCT20200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Arnold Gesell, Erik Erikson, Sigmund Freud
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Scientific beginnings: darwin: forefather of scientific child study. Emphasizes natural selection and survival of the fittest. Explained that certain species survive in particular environments because they have characteristics that fit with, or are adapted to, their surroundings. His findings and beliefs gave rise to scientific child study. His ideas prompted researchers to take action: the normative period: g. stanley hall and arnold gesell. Hall= regarded as the founder of the child study movement. Together, these two devised theories based on evolutionary ideas. Regarded development as a maturational process= a genetically determined series of events that unfold automatically like a flower. Measures of behavior are taken on large numbers of individuals and age-related averages are computed to represent typical development: collected information about interests, fears, imaginary, the mental testing movement: alfred binet playmates, and more. Took the normative approach constructed the first intelligence tests. Test provides a score that successfully predicts school achievement.
