PSY 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Gender Identity, Mental Model, Prenatal Development

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

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Psy1102 dr. haddad - course 3: january 16 2017. The nature component (a to e: prenatal development. Babies in the womb are very well protected but there"s still the possibilities of multiple things that could effected. Twins share the same womb but it"s possible for one twin to receive more nutrients in comparison to the other twin. Marked for life: your health in adulthood is not only effected by dna and lifestyle but it"s also effected by your time in the womb: experience and brain development. Genetic development wont be peaked with ought experience. Brain constantly produces new neurones until death. Read in book, not earn a point: peers influence. Peers: someone with the same age or maturity level: nurture: from infancy they influence and effect our lives. How they interact as babies shows how they"ll interact once they"ve grown. More risk taking behaviour: based on their belief alone they can get effected.