PSY203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Neurology, Phallic Stage, Sigmund Freud
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Why study child development: raising children effectively: anger (and other negative emotions) management, choosing social policies: detection and prevention of development problems vs treatment; child testimony, understanding human nature: effects of early deprivation. 2000 years later john locke and jean-jacques rousseau refocused attention on child development: locke - child is a blank slate (tabula rasa). Parents set good example of honesty, stability and gentleness: rousseau - children should be given maximum freedom from the beginning, learning from spontaneous interactions with objects and people. Social reform movements: earl of shaftesbury - children under 10 should not working in mines. Darwin"s theory of evolution - used his son for case study. Child development as a discipline: binet: measurement of iq, sigmund freud: psychoanalytic theory. Creating a theory of development: concept, definitions, behavioural examples (measurements, research findings, unresolved issues, theories. Various theories attempt to account for aspects of development such as: Perspectives that have influenced modern development theories: welfare)
