Intro/Overview Flashcards
What questions does developmental science answer?
Fundamental questions about human nature
What was Plato’s views on child development?
nature/innate
What was aristotle’s views on child development?
nurture/experience
What views did Rene Descartes have on child development?
Nativist view
What views did John Locke have on child development?
Empiricist views
What is the common view today on child development?
Development is the result of a complex interaction of multiple factors
What is the fundamental question about nature and nuture?
How do nature and nurture together shape development?
What is the fundamental question about the active child?
How do children shape their own development?
What is the fundamental question about continuity/discontuity?
What is the shape of change?
What is the fundamental question about the mechanisms of developmental change?
How does change occur?
What is the fundamental question about the sociocultural context?
How does context influence development?
What is the fundamental question about the individual differences in children?
How do children become different from each other?
What is the fundamental question about research and children’s welfare?
How can research promote children’s well being?
