PSY302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Turtle Shell, Child Development, Anger Management
24 Jan 2020
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Outline of chapter: reasons to learn about child development, historical foundations of the study of child development, enduring themes in child development, methods for studying child development. In canada 25% of parents reported spanking: not a good solution to spank children apparently. In us 80% parents in kindergarten spank their children: 27% spanked their children the previous week, children spanked argue more, fight and act inappropriately. Instead research supports these solutions instead: offering sympathy, help the child find positive alternatives to express anger, time out, turtle shell technique. Board of education civil rights case: brought children to lab and showed them the two dolls, asked children questions. Internalizing a negative stereotype from young age due to segregation (have negative images of themselves due to this) In courtrooms, asking children to testing accurately is of the upmost importance: make more mistakes when asked questions, make less when simply asked what happened . Understanding human nature: romanian orphanages, physical development.
