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Locke defends innate ideas in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

1689

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Developmental Psychology Timeline

The Contents of Children's Minds by G. Stanley Hall was released.

1883

Darwin's theory helped inspired future developmental psychologists

Late 1800s

The "Nature vs. Nurture" debate helped kickstart the idea of evolution and eventual child psychology.

Enlightment Era

Rosseau released the 5 book series Emile: or On Education.

1762

Psyhology as a whole was becoming more recognized as a scientific dicipline with Wundt and James.

1879

Darwin released his theory of evolution.

1859

Locke and Rosseau proposed that children are psychologically different from adults; increased education.

Enlightment Era

Baldwin released his theory on the "Baldwin Effect" to explain social evolution of lifelong trait learning.

1896

Despite imporvements to the education system, very few students advanced past grade school.

1900s

Freud first created his "psychosexual theory" of early childhood.

1905

Freud created the "seduction hypothesis" where psychoneuroses was caused by early repressed sexual abuse.

1890s-1900s

G. Stanley Hall has done a lot more things to help developmental psychology, even finding the American Psychological Association (APA).

1892

Freud's psychosexual theory has been debunked, failing to mention women's psychosexual development, being too vague, and not being possible to test scientifically.

1900s

James Sully wrote "Studies of Childhood"

1895

At first, Baldwin's ideas were not widely accepted, but eventually was in the 2000s.

1890s-1900s

Many psychoanalists at the time met for a conference at Clark University. Also dubbed the "Freud Conference"

1909

Jean Piaget released his "Cognitive Development"

1936

The study created a lot of controversy of ethics in the scientific sphere.

1919/1920

Behaviorism became one of the main schools of thoughts, even benefiting developmental psych.

1920s

Developmental psych went through major advancements, leading it to be taken more seriously as a field.

20th Century

Watson published Psychological Care of Infant and Child.

1928

Behaviorist Watson condicted the infamous "Little Albert" study.

1919/1920

Behaviorism is a field of psychology known for its controling of behaviors.

Late 1910s

With Cognitive Development, Piaget made "5 stages".

1936

Vygotsky's theory inspired a focus on collaboration-based learning that lets students learn from interactions with peers and teachers.

1962

The Montessori method of Education began to be popularized in schools.

1957

The beginning of a new war, meaning the start of advanced psychological strategies.

1940s-1950s

With the help of Piaget, Developmental Psych (or Genetic epistemology) has become its own official field of psychology.

1930s

Vygotsky released his own "social development theory".

1962

Maturation is the study of how the mind changes as a person grows.

1957

With Piaget's influential studies into the child mind, education and childcare started to become more recognized..

1940s-1950s

Erikson, against Freud, created his 5 stages of development.

1963

Parenting is more flexible, more hands-on, and more directed towards children's needs.

21st Century

Albert Bandura created the "social cognitive theory".

1977

More children were staying in school and even attending college.

20th Century

With a revolutionary new outlook on the lifespan of a person, Erikson paved the way for more hands-on parenting and learning.

1963

Education is more focused on skill-building in the new era and less on information.

21st Century

Developmental psychologists were starting to become more interested in more broader issues.

20th Century

"Attachment theory" is a theory focusing on the 4 different types of attachment a child might have with their parent.

1969