[Psychology 2040A/B] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 27 pages long Study Guide!

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2040A/B
• Professor: J.Bruce Morton

Document Summary

Influences of nature and nurture depend on how genetic and experiential variables interact to influence behaviour. An implication of this: children play an active role in the process of development. Developmental outcomes depend on genes interacting with experience on multiple levels. Social environments and cultural communities have a huge impact on behaviours of children. Changes in behaviour may come from quantitative, incremental developmental advances or qualitative reorganization. May also be influenced by multiple ways of responding. Developmental psychology: the scientific study of the changes in human behaviours and mental processes over a lifetime. Information gathered in research should be helpful in suggesting specific actions for social policy, plans by government or private agencies to alleviate social problems. Developmental science: also used to a definition for developmental psychology because researchers from many disciplines work together to consider biological, social, and other complex systems that affect human development.