PSYC 315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Active Child, Stress Management, Heritability
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Module 1: why study developmental psychology? (chap1 ) Seven themes in child development: nature and nurture. Nature = genes/biology nurture = everything in one"s environment. The debate has switched to how large a role does each play, how do they interact? e. g. classical conditioning effects depend on stimulus. We are pre-wired" or predisposed with certain constraints on learning we can learn to be afraid of spiders/snake. Nature and nurture are constantly interacting! e. g. oak tree & modeling clay analogies. (cid:18640) e. g. , child"s temperament in uences how others in the environment respond e. g. biological children get a doubly whammy . (cid:18640) more direct effects of nature: (e. g. fearful/inhibited leads to social withdrawal) Less direct: (e. g. fearful/inhibited leads to social withdrawal which leads to poor social understanding) Genotype: the genetic material we inherit from our parents. Phenotype: the observable expression of the genotype, including bodily characteristics and behavior. Environment: every aspect of an individual"s surroundings other than the genes themselves.
