PSY 302 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Shy Child, Crib Talk, Binocular Disparity
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Theme one: nature and nurture, all interactions all the time. * before birth: environmental teratogens are harmful depending on the parent"s genetics as well as environmental factors (ex. timing), fetal learning in regards to preferences for voices and tastes. * infant nature elicits nurture: cute babies are favored in society, as well as expressions and emotions, and attentiveness to sights and sounds that the find interesting which elicits to provide stimulation. Theme two: children play active roles in their own development. * from birth infants show preferences and selectively focus on certain things, and older children can also produce reactions in others which further shape the development of the child. Theme three: development is both continuous and discontinuous. * social learning theorists say continuous, stage theorists think discontinuous. * assimilation and accommodation (piaget) cause change, first theory of developmental mechanisms. * behavioral change mechanisms: responses to environmental contingencies that contribute to development.
