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Social Conscience
a sense of responsibility or concern for the problems and injustices of society.
How does social conscience apply to child psychology?
Before enlightened philosophers like John Locke and Jean Marc Itard, children were just seen as small adults. Many
were treated poorly and didn't receive adequate care. Children who were mentally disabled had this situation even
worse; inhumane care and no real knowledge of children's psychopathology made life hard.
Who is John Locke and what is his significance to child psychopathology?
He was an English Philosopher and physician that changed how society viewed children. With his ideas of individual
rights, he believed that we should rear children with love and compassion instead of harshness and hostility. He noted
that children are emotionally sensitive and should be treated with kindness and proper education.
Who is Jean Marc Itard and what is his significance to child psychopathology?
He was a French physician that believed in treating mental illness instead of warehousing children in asylums. He
revolutionized treatment showing that treatment can be effective in changing behavior, most notably with his
treatment of Victor.
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Who is Dorothea Dix and what is her significance to child psychopathology?
She was an advocate for humane treatment for those with metal illness. During the mid-19th century, she established
32 humane mental hospitals for treatment of youth. This advancement in humane treatment led to evolving views of
abnormal child psychology; the result of biological, environmental, psychological, and cultural influences.
The earliest interest in child psychology comes from where and at what time?
The beginnings of abnormal child behavior comes from the Catholic Church, in Europe. In the 18th century, non-
religious diagnosis or reasoning for abnormal behavior was given little thought or recognition because possession by
the devil was the only accepted explanation.
During the 17th and 18th centuries, what was child mortality like?
As many as 2/3rds of children dies before the age of 5 because of lacking medical treatment and knowledge.
Leta Hollingworth's ideas that children with mental illness are actually suffering from emotional and behavioral
disturbances changed the terminology used to what?
An important distinction was made between persons with intellectual disabilities ("imbeciles") and persons with
psychiatric or mental disorders ("lunatics").
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Social Conscience
a sense of responsibility or concern for the problems and injustices of society.
How does social conscience apply to child psychology?
Before enlightened philosophers like John Locke and Jean Marc Itard, children were just seen as small adults. Many
were treated poorly and didn't receive adequate care. Children who were mentally disabled had this situation even
worse; inhumane care and no real knowledge of children's psychopathology made life hard.
Who is John Locke and what is his significance to child psychopathology?
He was an English Philosopher and physician that changed how society viewed children. With his ideas of individual
rights, he believed that we should rear children with love and compassion instead of harshness and hostility. He noted
that children are emotionally sensitive and should be treated with kindness and proper education.
Who is Jean Marc Itard and what is his significance to child psychopathology?
He was a French physician that believed in treating mental illness instead of warehousing children in asylums. He
revolutionized treatment showing that treatment can be effective in changing behavior, most notably with his
treatment of Victor.
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Who is Dorothea Dix and what is her significance to child psychopathology?
She was an advocate for humane treatment for those with metal illness. During the mid-19th century, she established
32 humane mental hospitals for treatment of youth. This advancement in humane treatment led to evolving views of
abnormal child psychology; the result of biological, environmental, psychological, and cultural influences.
The earliest interest in child psychology comes from where and at what time?
The beginnings of abnormal child behavior comes from the Catholic Church, in Europe. In the 18th century, non-
religious diagnosis or reasoning for abnormal behavior was given little thought or recognition because possession by
the devil was the only accepted explanation.
During the 17th and 18th centuries, what was child mortality like?
As many as 2/3rds of children dies before the age of 5 because of lacking medical treatment and knowledge.
Leta Hollingworth's ideas that children with mental illness are actually suffering from emotional and behavioral
disturbances changed the terminology used to what?
An important distinction was made between persons with intellectual disabilities ("imbeciles") and persons with
psychiatric or mental disorders ("lunatics").
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