PSYC85H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Lake Forest College, American Psychological Association, Orthogenesis
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Chapter 13 the developmental point of view. Developmental psychology is assumed to be concerned with the study of children however developmental psychology and child psychology is not the same thing. The concept of development is known as a gradual unfolding according to a preset plan, other theorists believes development to be synonymous to evolution and do not see it to be predetermined but one fraught with chance occurrences. Another meaning of development is bringing out the latent capabilities of a person and. We will see that there are still more variations on the meaning of development: stanley hall (1844-1924) Recapitulation means to restate, review, or summarize. Ontogeny refers to individual development and phylogeny is evolutionary development of a species. Stanley hall was foremost practitioner of recapitulation theory in developmental psychology. Born in massachusetts, did undergrad at williams college, went to union theological seminary. Awarded first american ph. d in psychology after studying under james at harvard.
