How has the study of human development changed over the last two centuries?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers may include any of the following:
- innate goodness
- empiricism
- blank slate
- development continues throughout the lifespan and doesn't end with childhood
- researchers have also come to realize that the processes of development are complex
- the scientific method was introduced into this time period
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