FRHD 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Canadian Multiculturalism Act, Family Therapy

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1010
• Professor: Susan Chuang

Document Summary

The science of human development seeks to understand how and why people. All groups of people, all over the world, of every age - change over time. Developmental study is a science: goal is to helped all people fulfill their potential, depends on theories, data, analysis, critical thinking, and sound, ask questions and seek answers to find out the how and why . Replication (repeating the procedures and methods of a study with different. Conclusions are revised, refined, and confirmed after replication participants) is often a sixth and crucial step. Scientists study the reported procedures and results of other scientists. The implications of those conclusions spread beyond science, involving religion, politics, and ethics. Good example of the need for science. Nature refers to the influence of the genes that people inherit. Nurture refers to environmental influences, beginning with the health and diet of the embryo"s mother and continuing a lifetime, including family, school, community, and society.