PSYCH 1X03 Study Guide - Occipital Lobe, Temporal Lobe, Twin
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Gene environment interaction across an individual"s life span: evolution: Gene-environment interactions across the evolutionary histry of a species: neuroscience: And the neural basis of thought and behaviour. You will explore how these biological foundations interact with the environment to shape your sensory systems and behaviours critical to survival. Development = refers to the changes and continuities that occur within the individual between conception and death. ---> developmental psychologists not only interested in how you change over time, but also in how you stay the same. 2 different processes which lead to developmental change: Maturation = the biologically-timed unfolding of changes within the individual: how the plan unfolds is infulenced by specific environmenal conditions that shape the genetically- determined processes. Learning = the acquisition of neuronal representations of new information. A lifetime of experiences leads to the development of relatively permanant enduirng changes in your thoughts, feelings and behaviour.
