PSYC10004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Information Processing, Operant Conditioning, Jean Piaget
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Developmental psychology: systematic changes and continuities in 3domains. Brain, physical signs of ageing, changes in motor abilities. Raising children effectively: anger (and other negative emotions) management. Choosing social policies: detection and prevention of developmental problems vs treatment - child testimony. Medieval times - children regarded as talented pets - not worth caring about deeply. Children year 2/3 might have been caring for others/working in the fields. Society was becoming less rural and more industrialised. Compulsory education instituted because children needed to be prepared for the adult world. John locke and rousseau were one of the first to study child development. Locke (169) - child is born innocent - needs to be protected from corrupt society. Rousseau (1762) - children should be allowed to develop at own pace in natural surroundings, shielded from a corrupt society and adult oppression. Baby biography: detailed diary of a particular child, usually the author"s own.
