CHILD PSYCHOLOGY

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 260, 30 July 1937, Page 3

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY

Lecture By Dr. Beaglehole “Between the ages of seven and 11 years the emotional life of the child changes from a dependence on adults to an increasing dependence on other children,” said Dr. E. Beaglehole, continuing his Workers' Education Association course on the psychology of childhood at the Trades Hall, Wellington. The subject discussed was the psychology of children in the middle years when they were breaking away from a wholehearted reliance on parents and teachers aud achieving a uew orientation of their emotional life by allying themselves with other children. Tile attitude of the child of seven to elders, to other children, to rewards apd punishments, to the observance of rules, were analysed, and with these were compared the attitudes and interests of the child of 11. The practical application of newer psychological principles to the child in school and in the home was indicated, and specific problems of these years, guch as lying or stealing, were shown to demand psychological insight if they were to be solved without harming the child or unduly worrying the parent. The next lecture will deal with the adolescent and his psychological problems, The class is to meet in future on Thursday evenings.