PSYC-105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Impulsivity, James Marcia, Sex Segregation
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The study of how behaviour changed over the life span. Several challenges have arisen when examining human development. Logical error where you assume that a causes b, just because b came after a. For example, all serial killers drink milk as babies, so milk causes people to become serial killers. Human development is almost always a two-way street. Children"s development influences their experiences, but their experiences also influence their development. Sets of people who lived during one period can differ in some systematic way from sets of people who lived during a different period. Early input from the world exerts a significant impact on development, but so does all other input throughout life. Myths of infant determinism and childhood fragility. Impact of genes on behaviour depends on the environment where behaviour develops. Nature via nurture: children with certain genetic predispositions often seek out and create their own environments. Gene expression: activation or deactivation of genes by environmental experiences throughout development.
