HDFS 1070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Shy Child, Preterm Birth, Cleft Lip And Cleft Palate

• School: UConn
• Department: Human Development and Family Studies
• Course: HDFS 1070
• Professor: ronsabatelli

Document Summary

Let the lifespan journey begin stages in the lifespan. There is development and steps to different stages, but also development within each stage. Prevention and intervention are necessary when development is abnormal. Comments about the bio-ecological framework and lifespan development. Comments about developmental tasks and developmental milestones. Revisit the epigenetic principle: in all ages and stages early stages form as foundation for later development. Not deterministic but probabilistic, change is possible. Prenatal individual and contextual factors shaping lifespan development. The moment of conception contributes to your uniqueness and effects development. The genetic code of the individual and his or her trajectory of. Mutual regulation: genetics do not determine how you will develop, but they influence your environment and how you develop in it. What is a gene a portion of dna that codes for one hereditary characteristic. And occupies a specific place on a chromosome. You are genetically unique from everyone else. Phenotype: the external manifestation of your dna code.