SDS150R Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Abraham Maslow, Life Review, Old Age
13 May 2016
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Genetic and epigenetic factors interact w/ the environment to shape our level of health and well-being. Genetic and physiological processes underlie human behaviour. Nativism: humans possess unique genetic traits that will be manifested in all members of the species, regardless of differences in their environments. Ethology: genetically determined survival behaviours that are assumed to have evolved through natural selection. Behaviour genetics: the study of the role of heredity in individual differences. Sociobiology: the study of society using the methods and concepts of biology; when used by developmentalists, an approach that emphasizes genes that aid group survival. Evolutionary developmental psychology: the view that genetically inherited cognitive and social characteristics that promote survival and adaption appear at different times across the lifespan. Psychoanalytic theories: developmental change happens b/c of the influence of internal drives and emotions on behaviour. Behaviour is determined by both conscious and unconscious processes.
