HDFS 331 Exam 1 Study guide Questions with Complete Solutions

Medieval view of children - ANSWER-"Little adults" Infantcide; church writings glorify innocence and purity of children in order to save them. Dec 6. St. Nicholas Renaissance view of children - ANSWER-Increased concern for children: first foundling homes created begins to view childhood as special period where children have psych., edu., and physical needs Puritans: taught self reliance, a self control. First children's books The Enlightenment - ANSWER-Locke, Rousseau Locke (17th cent) - ANSWER-Children are blank slate: born w/no knowledge. Children can be molded. Opposed physical punishment We are products of our environment. Empiricist position Rousseau (18th cent) - ANSWER-Children are born with knowledge and it unfolds naturally with age. noble savages. Society should allow them to construct knowledge. Receptive not intrusive. Little supervision. Coined nativist position Early scientific beginnings (19th cent) - ANSWER-Darwin, Hall, Gesell, Binet, Baldwin Darwin - ANSWER-Emphasis on the importance of diversity and adaptation. Relationship of humans to other species. Legitimized infant study (monkeys and baby language) Pioneers of Developmental Psych - ANSWER-hall, gesell, binet, baldwin, Freud, Watson, Piaget, Erikson, Vygotsky Hall () - ANSWER-Credited with found developmental psych. Founded American Psych Association. Interested in studying what knowledge children possessed