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Developmental Psychology

Developmental Psychology. Psychology 117 Sue A. Kelley. Webpage . http://www.lycoming.edu/~kelley/ develop.htm Chapter objectives Powerpoint slides. Index cards. Name Major Phone number Email What you hope to learn in this course/why are you taking this course?.

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Developmental Psychology

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  1. Developmental Psychology Psychology 117 Sue A. Kelley

  2. Webpage • http://www.lycoming.edu/~kelley/develop.htm • Chapter objectives • Powerpoint slides

  3. Index cards • Name • Major • Phone number • Email • What you hope to learn in this course/why are you taking this course?

  4. What is Developmental Psychology? • the study of systematic continuities and changes in humans that occur from the time of conception to the time of death • systematic means that the continuities and changes are orderly, they follow a pattern • developmental psychology covers the lifespan

  5. I would like you to identify assumptions about children that lie behind the following practices: • Having ratings on movies or television programs (G, PG, PG-13, NC-17, R) • Having age-segregated classrooms

  6. Historical Foundations • Child in Premodern Times • Active infanticide prior to 4th century A.D. • Seen as possessions, no rights • Medieval Times • 6th to 15th centuries • Childhood separate phase of life, but few distinctions • Miniature, already formed - preformationism

  7. ALTICHIERO da Zevio (The Execution of Saint George) 1330-1390

  8. BARNABA DA MODENA (Virgin and Child) 1392-1412

  9. GADDI, Taddeo (Madonna and Child) 1300-1366

  10. Historical Foundations • Medieval (con’t) • Church defended innocence of children • Parents to provide spiritual training • Fragility in medical literature • Some laws protected children • Implications?

  11. Historical Foundations • Reformation • Religious movement  revised image of childhood • Original sin (Hobbes) • Protected but also reformed • Implications?

  12. Historical Foundations • The Enlightenment • 17th century, more humane

  13. Historical Foundations • John Locke • Tabula rasa • Shaped by experiences • Praise, no punishment

  14. Historical Foundations • Jean Jacques Rousseau • Noble savages; innate purity • Natural endowment of right and wrong • Society often corrupts • Implications?

  15. Historical Foundations • Darwin • Mid 19th century • Natural selection • Survival of the fittest • Science of child study was born • One of the first “baby biographies”

  16. Study of the Child • Scientific study of children evolved quickly during early part of 20th century • Began with baby biographies • Darwin • Piaget • Different people studied different aspects • Biased observations • Case studies • Step in right direction though…thus began the scientific study of children

  17. Historical Foundations • 20th century • Early, belief was that infants had little sensory capability • Countered in 1960s • Implications? • Recognition of adolescence as a distinct phase of life • Leaving childhood, not yet entering adult responsibility • After WWII, postponing marriage for education

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