What constitutes instinctive action? Illustrate.
4. Name the instincts that are essentially individualistic. Those that
are essentially social.
5. What native tendencies are of most concern to teachers?
6. Discuss the relative significance of heredity, environment, and
training in the development of children.
7. To what extent is a child limited in its development by its nervous
system?
HELPFUL REFERENCES
Norsworthy and Whitley, _The Psychology of Childhood_; Weigle, _Talks to
Sunday School Teachers_; Colvin, _The Learning Process_; Sisson, _The
Essentials of Character_; Stiles, _The Nervous System and its
Conservation_; Thorndike, _Principles of Teaching_; Harrison, _A Study
of Child Nature_; Kirkpatrick, _Fundamentals of Child Study_.
CHAPTER VIII
"WHAT TO DO WITH NATIVE TENDENCIES"
OUTLINE--CHAPTER VIII
Characteristic tendencies of the various stages of child life.--The
teacher's attitude toward them.--Follow the grain.
Four methods of procedure: 1. The method of disuse; 2. The method
of rewards and punishment; 3. The method of substitution; 4. The
method of stimulation and sublimation.
Having listed the native tendencies generally, we might well now
consider them as they manifest themselves at the various stages of an
individual's development.
Pages:
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71