Gasell's Maturation Theory
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- Created on: 07-01-19 13:10
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- Maturation Theory
- Believes that development is genetically determined from birth
- Children all follow the same sequence of development
- The pace of development may vary depending on the physical and intellectual development
- He observed the behaviours of many children and from that he determined norms which he called 'milestones of development.'
- He was the first person to observe children to understand their development.
- Arguments
- For: 1. He determined typical norms of development that are still used today
- 2. He used advantages methodology in observations of behaviour of large numbers of children
- Against: 1. He didn't consider the influence of individual or cultural differences in children
- 2. He believed that the 'norms' of development he described were desirable.
- For: 1. He determined typical norms of development that are still used today
- Believes that development is genetically determined from birth
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