PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Cognitive Dissonance, Collectivism, Heredity
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Given that they are always intertwined, how can we know whether there is such a thing as. Biocultural beings, right from the beginning of our lives we are influenced by both biological inheritance and environmental factors/outside influences. Babies: prenatal and infant development progress in highly predictable ways and are, largely, the result of genetic programming , of course, even prenatal and infant development are affected by environmental factors. E. g. , teratogens (e. g. , alcohol, viruses, drugs, etc. ) can cause abnormal development in the womb; many chemicals pervasive in the environment are now found in fetuses. Body burden studies found that babies in the womb have absorbed half of tested industrial chemicals. E. g. , stress and mother"s emotional state birth weight, cognitive and physical development. Surrounding family, world issues, economic situation, etc. can all affect baby"s development. E. g. , cultural practices (e. g. , sleeping on backs vs. fronts ) crawling.
