Intro and Overview to Child Development

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He was passed 5 Victor experimental for 5 years, then sent off to be taken care of by care giver History of child development John Locke English philosopher, childs mind a blank slate Instructing child from early age had best influence, acknowledged that nurture and experience key factor in kids developing Jean-Jacques Rousseau Talked about nature side, kids born pure and just need support Abuse and Child Labor In 1600s Massachusetts law to kill stubborn or rebellious children by father 1700s out of protection for animals came protection for children 19th century, kids separated from families and worked in industrial setting England 1833 factory committee to see what appropriate for kids, decided on 12hour days 1800s Charles Darwin wrote "evolution of species" so changed way we look at development, through evolutionary process William Preyer wrote first text looking at some of these issues, rules of observation(rely on direct obs, record immediately, be unobtrusive, avoid training child James Mark Baldwin, theres a process to development and there is different stages of development Central Questions of Developmental Science Continuity Level of continuity between humans and species? -Phylogeny-evolutionary history of a species -Darwin The Origin of Species -Distinguishing features of humans: culture and language(distinct ability to communicate) In individual development continuous? -ontogeny: development of an individual organism -Qualitative vs...