Health Sciences 2700A/B Chapter Notes -Psychotherapy, Social Darwinism, Behaviorism
19 Oct 2013
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Theories and methods: bringing biomedical and social perspectives. Way of explaining what is going on and look at the world around us. Without it, we wouldn"t really know how anything works. Continuous is a smooth transition from childhood to adulthood. Discontinuous is more of a step by step process with big jumps in between different maturity levels. School has had a large impact on how we have developed. Nature: inborn, biological givens; based on genetic inheritance. Nurture: how we are raised; social environment. Brought a challenge to the church because it says something other than the hand of god has an impact on how we are created and guided; goes against many religions. Colonialism: try to exert power and control over other countries resources; which links to nature and nurture being used as a way to classify and organize different groups of people. Developed these ideas about the natural world. Applied to nature nurture in humans lives.
