PY2009 Developmental Psychology Topic 3 – Theories Dr. Katherine Macaulay Room LC B Office Hour Tuesday 12.00 to 1.00 Room MJ 128 1 Last Week: Research Methods Levels of Research Methods 1. Data Class: Qualitative/Quantitative? 2. Research Strategy: Longitudinal/Cohort? 3. Study Type: Experiment/Observation? 4. Data Measure: Reaction Time/Behaviour Observation? 5. Response Indicator: Verbal/Manual Response? 2 This Week: Theories 1. Defining Terms: Paradigm, Theory and Models. 2. Psychoanalytic Child Development. 3. Behavioral Child Development. 4. Social Child Development. 5. Cognitive Child Development. 6. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 1. Defining Terms Paradigm = A general perspective and umbrella for conducting investigations within a discipline. Theory = A set of interlinked assertions to explain an area of a discipline and generate useful predictions. Model = An entity that permits the testing or demonstration of part of a theory. Paradigm = A general perspective and umbrella for conducting investigations within a discipline. 1 Scientists accept the dominant paradigm until anomalies are thrown up. 2 Scientists then begin to question the basis of the paradigm itself as new theories emerge which challenge the dominant paradigm. 3 Eventually one of these new theories becomes accepted as the new paradigm. Plolemaic system the earth at the centre of the universe. Copernican system the sun at the centre of the universe. Then and moving from Newtonian ...
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