PSYCH 1XX3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Human Genome Project, Zygosity, Y Chromosome
19 Sep 2013
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Foundational topics: development: gene-environment interactions across an individuals lifespan, evolution: gene-environment interactions across the evolutionary history of a species, neuroscience: the study of the nervous system and the neural bases of thought and behavior. Development refers to the continuities and changes that occur within the individual between conception and death. Developmental psychologists are interested in studying how you change over time and how you stay the same. Two processes which lead to developmental change: maturation the biologically timed unfolding of changes within the individual according to that individuals genetic plan. Influenced by specific environmental conditions that shape the genetically-determined processes: learning the relatively permanent change in our thoughts, behaviors and feelings as a result of our experiences. Allow you to acquire new information and guide optimal strategies to respond to events and stimuli in the environment. Learned processes can be controlled but can also become so practiced as to become automatic.
