PSYC 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sexually Transmitted Infection, Prenatal Development, Heredity
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This study guide will help focus your reading on the specific domains that will be tested on your next exam. As always, this study guide is not exhaustive; you should take this as a starting point, and read the material in the text for greater depth that will be addressed in the quizzes and exams. Pattern of continuity and change in human capabilities; different dimensions of personhood will progress in different ways over the lifespan. Psychologists explore the roles of nature and nurture in human development. Nature: a person"s biological inheritance, especially from genes. People can develop beyond what our genetic inheritance and our environment give us. Person"s ability to recover from or adapt to difficult times. Despite encountering adversity, a person shows signs of positive functioning. Involve changes in an individual"s thought, intelligence, and language. Involve changes in an individual"s relationships with other people, changes in emotions, and changes in personality.
