User talk:Nicolesimon

G. Stanley Hall -first section needs a heading otherwise, it’s just facts thrown together and there is no connection among them -leads to better organization of the page layout

-no mention which field he influenced psychology -he is regarded as the founder of the child study movement -this is important because he made many contributions to this field and his theories are applicable to children -this needs improvement because Hall is known for this, and his accomplishments need to be noted -provides a better sense of which field Hall was associated with

-the normative approach, which he is responsible for, is not brought up	-normative approach are measures of behaviour that take on many individuals and age related averages are calculated to represent typical development -this approach must be included because it is a key element to Hall’s research, and to later psychologists -Hall collected the information on children through observations and parental interviews -this approach allowed Hall to inform the parents what to expect of their child’s development at each age, therefore, you can recognize atypical behaviour and have it further investigated to determine if the child has problems -this led to parents have increasing literature on typical children development -it also led to Simon and Binet developing the first intelligence test, in order to identify children with learning disabilities and place them in an appropriate class at school (they were able to do this because of Hall’s study of child development – so Hall essentially provided Simon and Binet with a baseline for their study)

References: Berk, Laura E., and William Lee. Roberts. Child Development. 3rd ed. Toronto: Pearson, 2009. Print.

Grezlik, Amy. "Psychology History." Welcome to Muskingum University. Web. 21 Jan. 2012. .