Historical and conceptual issues in developmental psychology

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Historical and conceptual issues in developmental psychology
  1. Nature Vs Nurture Debate
    1. Plato 4th C- People are born with innate knowledge (nature). Aristotle 4th C: Knowledge comes from experience (nurture). John Locke (16-17th C): saw the child as a tabula rasa (nurture) Roussseau 18th C: Noble savages learning emerges from spontaneous interactions with objects and people (nurture). Freud 20th C- concluded that biological drives exerted a crucial influence on development (nature)
      1. Watson, 1930 (nurture): Believes genetic pre-disposition is unimportant- it is the environment the child si raised in.
        1. The process of classical conditioning explains all aspects of human psychology. He also believes all human differences were due to different experiences in learning.
      2. Twin studies: Compare development of monozigotic or dizigotic twins raised apart from birth by different parents vs. the monozigotic or dizigotic twins raised by the same parents.
        1. Adopted Romanian orphans (Rutter et al)2004: -Compared Romanian orphans adopted by British parents vs British orphans adopted by British parents. Studied from adoption until 6.
          1. -144 Romanian orphans adopted into uk families 1990-1992: 45 placed under 6 months, 54 places between 6-24 months and 45 places 24-42 months. Comparison group - 52 UK children before 6 months.
        2. Historical overview: Binet Study of child development began around end of 19th century
          1. - Binet started investigating children's intelligence and developing standardised tests 1900
            1. Commisioned to identify students who needed educational assistance
              1. concept of a mental age
                1. Now stanford-Binet test- Intelligence Quotient (IQ): Test five factors of cognitive ability: - Fluid Reasoning- Knowledge, Quantitative Reasoning, Visual-Spatial Processing and Working memory. Each of these factors is tested in two separate domains, verbal and nonverbal.
                2. Pavlov
                  1. Behaviourism: All behaviour is learned= nurture
                    1. Pavlov's dogs (1890-1930s)- conditioning
                      1. Watson and Rayner (1920) showed that classical conditioning applied to humans as well as animals in Litlle Albert experiment.
                      2. Bowlby's Maternal Deprivation Hypothesis (1950s)
                        1. Explained social, linguistic, and cognitive impairments in orphanages due to lack of emotional warmth. 'Failure to thrive'
                          1. Ebidence from Harlow's Monkeys- 1960s
                            1. Critical period for attachment formation- birth to 3 years.
                            2. Bandura - Social learning theory- Bobo doll experiment
                              1. Children learn by watching others=nurture
                                1. Applied aspects: Still used in debates about children watching videos, playing violent computer games etc.
                                  1. Children's behaviour changes as soon as they attend nursery etc, once they begin imitationg other children araround them.
                                  2. Recent influences :
                                    1. Jean Piaget (1920s-70s): Piaget's stage theories of cognitive development - The child is born with structures ready to absorb knowledge
                                      1. Lev Vygotsky (1920s.30s) - Vygotsky's socioculture theory of cognitive development - The child develops understanding through his/her interaction with the world
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