PSYC 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Arnold Gesell, Empiricism, Ethology
3 Jan 2019
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In the early 1900s, early 20th century to the 1960s when developmental psych started progressing. Until then, psychologist only looked at one aspect of behavior - when it comes of age. Very static psychology that was looking at aspects of behaviour and what age they typically appeared. We now look at how behaviour transforms from one kind of behaviour to another how does babbling lead to talking etc. Until 1960, there were 5 major areas that was being examined by child psychologists. Physical and motor skills - arnold gesell authored several books and pediatricians and parents would look at those books to see if the child is developing in a timely manner. Doll play - how kids play with doll. The child was given dolls that represent parents, and siblings and themselves. The researcher would then observe how the child plays with the dolls.
