PSYC 3404 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Mary Ainsworth, Gentrification, William Damon

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Write an essay discussing how the interaction of nature and nurture (genetics and environment) contributes to cognitive development in early childhood, middle childhood and adolescence. Scientists have been debating the aspects of the nature vs. nurture argument for decades. To define the concept, nature is what a child has inherited genetically from family members while. Nurture is what develops after conception, and is due to environmental influence. Many researchers believed that the two are linked. The roles of genetics is often to reveal behavioral tendency to future development while environment can effect when a genetic behavioral characteristic will be revealed. Thus, it can be assumed that nature and nurture interact to influence cognitive development. In early childhood, there are certain stages of cognitive development where we can see the effects of genetics, environment, and an interaction of the two. This interaction is largely present in the language development of children.

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