Child Psychology

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able to understand the psychology of children, the better we may understand why people turn out the way they do. Hopefully in doing so, we may have a clearer understanding of what has negative effects on child development. Therefore, we can revolve around the negative and focus more on the positive. Resulting in a better future for everybody.
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Both Plato and Aristotle wrote about children. Plato believed that children are born with special talents and their training should stress those talents. His views are consistent with modern thinking about individual differences and education. Aristotle proposed methods for observing children’s behavior that were forerunners of modern methods. Fore many countries thereafter, little interest was shown in the development of children because they were regarded only as miniature adults. In the 18th century the French philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau seemed to echo Plato when he stated that children should be free to express their ...

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College, and the Harvard Growth Studies. All used the longitudinal method, in which the same children are observed and tested at over a specific time period (The Volume Library 1990: Volume 2).
The American psychologist Arnold Gessell established a research institute at Yale University in the 1920’s for the sole purpose of studying children. He developed the technique of analyzing children’s behavior from film, frame by frame. Gesell also made much use of the cross-sectional method, in which different children are observed at each of several age levels (The Volume Library 1990: Volume 2).
The accumulated results of all the major studies reported over a period of 20 years provided ...

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