Psych 350 1st Edition Lecture 2 Outline of Last Lecture I Research Methods Outline of Current Lecture II Innate III Important developmental psychologists a John Locke b Rousseau c Darwin d Freud e Watson f Arnold Gessell Current Lecture innate not clear when we use that term John Locke child is born as blank state and the environment is the determinant as the child develops monster if don t train it right jean Rousseau born with traits and they develop and have an effect on how the person act as an adult if you don t push the baby around it will turn out better if you just leave it alone Charles Darwin evolution relate to children theorist went to Galapagos OBSERVER brain still has development when a child reaches not right away because that action needs to develop in the brain Sigmund Freud stages of lifetheory of psychological development from baby to adult in past it was influential causes of mental illness wrong causes John Watson set the agenda for psych for the first half of the 20th century behaviorism anyone can do anything if they just pursue it didn t have data t support it but he said it anyway focuses on learning studied humans infants grasp reflex classical conditioning Arnold Gesell pediatrician professor at Yale founded Yale child studies center normative research describe average behavior of children G Stanley developmental psych interested in education assessing education and techniques myrtle mcgraw motor development how children learn to walk how other became sedentary Iowa child welfare research station studied children learning and education
View Full Document
Unlocking...