Infant and Early Childhood Development - Chapter 1: Theories, Model Paradigms, Etc. Part 1

These notes are prepared by Bonnie A. Green

Epistemology: The study of the development of knowledge. There are four ways of "knowing"

1. Empiricism: We know things through observations
   Examples of what you know through observation
   If a tree fell in the woods, and we weren't there to hear it, would it make a sound? How would you know if you are not there to observe?

2. Rationalism: We know things through reasoning the out, forming theories, hypotheses, and ideas
   have you ever reasoned out something that wasn't true?

3. Authority: People tell us stuff and that's how we learn it
   Is there anything you were once told by someone of authority that is true? Is not true?

4. Intuition: What your "gut" tells you... However, it's not really your gut... It's your unconscious cognitive processes that picked up on a pattern your cortex didn't
   When is the last time you went with your intuition rather than facts?

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