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Born circa 428 B.C.E
Plato's Theory of Knowledge: Knowledge is a justified, true belief -
He defended the claim that men are by nature free and equal against claims that God had made all people naturally subject to a monarch.
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Believed that children are born naturally good.
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He was considered the father of psychology.
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Theory: Children develop at their own pace and gain knowledge by actively using their senses.
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Est. the normative theory. Children are who they are when they're born
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Children's intellectual development proceeds through stages as they adapt to physical enviorment.
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Personality develops according to how a person responds to psychology crises at certain stages of life.
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Studied behavior modification using positive and negative reinforcement.
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Studied mystery-learning.
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called on Congress to expand access to high-quality preschool to every child in America, called The Preschool for All initiative.