PSY 274 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Synaptic Pruning, Sickle-Cell Disease, Plantar Reflex
13 Sep 2016
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Raising children: how to help their children control anger and other negative emotions. Developmental scientists now have methods that enable them to observe, describe and explain the process of development. Provides insights into the most intriguing questions regarding human nature: kids born in romania with little contact weighted less, intellectual abilities (retardation) and abnormal social behavior. Kids who were adopted before the 6 months were better then when they were adopted from later months. Shows that timing is critical in development and things that happen in early child development can have a long term effect on the child. Nature and nurture: how does nature and nurture interact to shape the developmental process. Developmental scientists recognize that every characteristic we possess is created through the joint workings of nature and nurture. Studies show that as the genome (persons complete set of heritary info) influence behaviors and experiences, behaviors and experiences influence the genome.
