CHYS 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cultural-Historical Psychology, Chronotropic, Falsifiability

• School: Brock University
• Department: Child and Youth Studies
• Course: CHYS 1F90
• Professor: Dawn Zinga

Document Summary

Lecture notes: biopsychosocial approaches & developmental theories. The biological part is largely explained through genetics. Then we"ll work in the psychology and the social parts: biopsychosocial perspectives. Genes restrict development to a small range of outcomes. Genes set boundaries for range of phenotypes based on environment. Not as rigid as canalization e. g. , trisomy 21: pictorial example of range of reaction. Genotype does not set out a fixed outcome: biopsychosocial perspectives. Would mozart be a great musician if he had never been exposed to an instrument: biopsychosocial perspectives. Species-typical environment & experiences also influence developmental course. Babies pick up info in the womb but it"s muted (cid:523)comes through the water, not. Bobwhite quails & maternal call as strong) (timing & absence: biopsychosocial perspectives. Epigenesis = the theory, now generally held, that an embryo develops progressively from an undifferentiated egg cell. Epigenesis: bi-directional relationship btw all levels of biological & experiential variables. Genetic activity both influences and is influenced by structural maturation.