CHYS 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Casual Sex, Counterargument, Sexual Differentiation
15 Sep 2016
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Keep in mind our discussions about scarr and mccartney"s genotype effects (passive, active, evocative) Developmental psychology has been influenced by the nature vs. nurture debate. The basic question is does what you"re born with genetically influence how you develop more than the environment that you"re born into? . This ties into our questions about wayne gretzky and mozart - how much has to do with genetic inheritance and how much has to do with environment and the way they were nurtured. Keep in mind the genotype is expressed through the phenotype so we"re really talking about what triggers a specific phenotype. Simply put what causes a child to exhibit specific behaviors, characteristics and gifts. It is also important to consider maturation and experience. Maturation is development according to the genotype. Experience is seen as occurring in any settings/situations the child is exposed to from biological to social. Biological: nutrition, medical care, drugs, physical accidents, pollutants.
