PSY 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Wicket-Keeper, Critical Period, Dependent And Independent Variables
28 Jan 2018
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Ancient greek: thought children were important safe guarding long term approach between philosophers was different. Believed that children have the concept of animal - from birth onwards can automatically recognize dogs cats and other creatures. Creating parenting and rearing of child based on individual needs. The leading way of thinking was that the way a child thinks is the way an adult thinks. Locke children are a blank slate, similar to plato, related to discipline. Once discipline is enabled, then they can have freedom. Give children as much freedom as possible from the beginning. Child should guide development, rather than parent controlling the child. Argued that children should not receive formal education until about age 12. Evolutionary psych had a say in how children develop. During the industrial revolution(17, 18,19 hundreds) child labour was in effect, many children didn"t have rights and worked in hazardous conditons. Led to social reformers to investigate how it impacted children"s development.
