Context and Methods 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyDevelopmental PsychologyUniversityAll boards Created by: Meg FraserCreated on: 23-12-16 10:52 How did children's role change in Western Europe? Child treated as property in the middle ages Sent out to work by 9-10 years old Industrialisation in the 18th and 19th century meant children became an asset 1833 Factory Act protecting children from exploitation There ws formal segregation of children from adult world by the end of the 19th century 1 of 5 What perceptions differ across cultures? Expectations of children e.g. passive or active Different childhood play Parental expectations e.g. caregivers or trainers Perceptions of 'good' behaviour Attitudes to children 2 of 5 What is the historical context? Darwin's origin of species (1859) Hall (1904) adolescence as a distinct stage Piaget (1920's) stage theory of children's thinking Erikson (1950/60's) lifespan approach Multidirectional, multidimensional and multidisciplinary approach in the 1970's 3 of 5 What are the methods of study? Laboratory studies Diary records/reflective reports/unstructured interviews Naturalistic/structured observations Longitudinal studies Cross-sectional studies 4 of 5 How can infant perception be measured? Baby diaries Conditioning Recording heart rate fMRI scans Preference technique (measure time spent looking at two images) Habituation (old/new stimuli to detect ability to discriminate) 5 of 5
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