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| The view that children were born into the world as evil beings (of original sin), and had to be conformed to fit a just society |
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| John Locke's belief that children are born a "blank slate" |
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| Jean Jacques Rousseau's belief that children are born good, and society corrupts them. |
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The PATTERN OF CHANGE that begins at conception and continues throguh lifespan
REMEMBER CHANGE!!! |
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| Developed the Binet test (the first modern test of intelligence), and tasks to study attention, memory, and IQ (cognitive development) |
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Pioneered the questionnaire for large groups of children in Boston.
He asked questions such as "Where are your ribs?"
He also proposed that children follow an evolutionary-driven course. |
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| Theories driven by Darwin's evolutionary theory, he came up with the "Gesell Dome", in which he had a dome that children played in, with multiple cameras, so he could monitor their activities without getting involved. |
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| Settings in which development occurs |
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| The behavior patterns, beliefs, and all other products of a grtoup that are passed from generation to generation |
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| A characteristic based on cultural heritage, nationality, race, religion, and/or language |
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| socioeconomic status (SES) |
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| The grouping of people with similar occupational, educational, and economic characteristics |
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| Changes in an individual's relaitonship with other people, emotions, and personality |
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| Changes in an individual's body |
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| Changes in an indivdual's thought, intelligence, and language |
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| Time from conception to birth |
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| Developmental Period from birth to approximately 18-24 months (1 1/2 to 2 years) |
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| End of infancy, and up to ages 5-6, or the start of preschool |
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| Middle and Late Childhood |
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| 6-11 years (elementary school) |
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| 10-12 years until 18-22 years |
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Organistic, biological, maturational, genetic, inherited, internal.
Defined as what you are born into.
More sided in Rosseau's Innate Goodness theory |
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Learning, environment, parenting, culture, socialization, external (i.e. education and nutrition)
More grounded in Locke's Tabula Rasa theory |
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| degree to which early experiences (especially in infancy) or later experiences are the key deterinants in a child's development |
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Freud's Theories
Id
Ego
Superego |
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Psychoanalytic theory (beyond awareness)
Instincts
lusts and desires
Social conscience |
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