PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture Notes - Occipital Lobe, Temporal Lobe, Repeated Measures Design
7 Feb 2014
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Development gene environment interactions across an individual"s lifespan scientists are interested to find out how you change over time, and how you stay the same. Maturation : biologically-timed changes within the individual according to the individual"s genetic plan . Example of harlan ; grow first tooth at 5 months, walk at 12 months, enter puberty at 12 years and die at 80. Learning permanent changes in our thoughts, behaviours and feelings due to experiences these processes can become learned, but also practiced enough so that they are automatic. If you"re put into a novel situation or a situation where things are done differently then you are used to, you need to learn to overcome your past learning experience to learn and adapt to the optimal way. Interactionist perspective says that most of your developmental changes reflect the interaction between maturation and learning.
