PSY 2114 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ethnography, Environmental Factor, Theory-Theory

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2114
• Professor: Gustavo Gottret

Document Summary

Nature nurture issue: issue concerning the manner in which genetic and environmental factors influence development. Degree to which genetic or hereditary influences behaviour ---> nature. Continuity discontinuity issue: issue concerned with whether a developmental phenomenon follows either a smooth progression (continuity) throughout the life span or a series of abrupt shifts (discontinuity) Do you think differently from when you were 10, or do you simply: continuity: some characteristic/behaviour you develop as a child, and know more? continue to express as an adult years later. Day to day basis, behaviour tends to look continuous: discontinuity: development is not continous, people change from one developmental pathway to another, several times. Over several months/years, behaviour may start to seem discontinuous. Universal versus context-specific development issue: issue of whether there is one path of development or several. To what extent are we very different from one another: ex.