FRHD 1010 Study Guide - Final Guide: Coparenting, Cortisol, Birth Weight

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The scientific method - a way to answer questions that require empirical research and data based conclusions - Begin with curiosity - personal observation, pose a question. Develop a hypothesis -shape the question to a specific prediction that can be tested. Test the hypothesis - design and conduct research, gather empirical evidence. Draw a conclusion - use evidence to refute the hypothesis. Nature - the traits capacities and limitations of an individual based on their genetic inheritance. Nurture - all the environmental influence that affect development after the individual is conceived. Different cultures teach children early on beliefs and habits they need as adults. Acculturation - cultural and psychological effects that individuals face as they come to contact with a new culture. A theory of human development that holds irrational unconscious drives motives, often originating in childhood underlie in human behaviour. Freud believed in the internal mind of the individual not the environment.