PSYC 2450 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Naturalistic Observation, Meta-Analysis, Blind Experiment
1 Oct 2013
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Chapter 2: a child"s world : how we discover it. Theory: is a set of logically related concepts or statements, which seeks to describe and explain development and to predict what kinds of behaviour might occur under certain conditions. They organize data and are a rich source of hypotheses (tentative explanations or predictions that can be tested by further research) The way theorists explain development depends in part on the way they view 2 basic issues: whether children are active or passive in their own development, whether development is continuous or occur in stages. This controversy goes back to the 18th century. John locke ( english philosopher) thought that a young child is a tabula rasa- a blank state on which society writes . Jean jacques rousseau (french philosopher) believed that children were noble savages who develop according to their own positive natural tendencies unless corrupted by society.
