APSY1031 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Twin Study, Heritability, Multilevel Model

• School: Boston College
• Department: Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology
• Course: APSY1031
• Professor: Francesca Longo

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Each half hour is worth 1 credit, need to fulfill 4 credits. Sign up with lynch system (more information provided on syllabus) Any questions, please email lsoesona@bc. edu or mmllab@bc. edu. If you can"t participate, article writings are required. Make sure syllabus is up to date (on canvas), assigned readings/current event articles are now in place if you want to start. Later tonight, google sheet will be put up with date and times for meetings with. Professor longo; to discuss what you"re interested in learning about, get to know you. Social supports acted as buffer from risk of negative life experiences: sports programs, churches, safe neighborhoods. Rough start but strong education helped stay strong. Pileup of life stress usually leads to worse outcomes but some take those initial stresses and learn from them (resilience) Different responses to situations depending on the type of person. Before bronfenbrenner, child psychologists studied children, economists studied the economic framework, etc.