Ps2 Wjec context and aims.

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  • Created by: bethany
  • Created on: 04-04-12 15:02

Developmental psychologists are fascinated by how infants percieve the world around them- one of the most resarched aspects is whether infants can percieve depth at birth. This has been the focus for the nature- nurture debate ( inbornt or learnt?).
-Nativists believe we are born with certain capacities such as the ability to perceive depth, some of these may develop as we mature (maturation). Nurturists believe we awuire abilities through our expieriences. Interactionists believe behaviour is a result of both.

-- Hudson conducted a study using Bantu, European and Indian children in South Africa. The children looked at a line drawing of a hunting scene. The hunter is holding a spear that could be aimed at…

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