PSC 142 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Personality Development, Design Of Experiments, Neuroscience
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What influences cause children to develop unique personalities, a sense of self, - Black mail - i am going to tell on you . I won"t be your friend if you don"t share . I will be your friend if you do share . Foot in the door phenomenon - i"ll just have 1 bite . Where they grew up can affect kids. Consider how much / little their brains have developed. Social & personality development is concerned with. The causes of development & how they interact w/ each other. Social & personality development are guided by the interactions of many influences: Genetics, developing neurobiology, & other biological processes. Developmental theories guide thinking about social & personality development. Psychodynamic theory - emphasizes the importance of early experiences, stages of development, & the significance of emotional experience. Behavioral (learning) theory emphasizes learning processes through conditioned associations, reinforcement (and punishment) & modelizing.
