PSYC 2103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Tangled, Epigenetics
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Empirical evidence is based on data from scientific observation or experiments not theoretical. Replication is repetition of a study using a different participant. Nature is the general term for traits capacities and limitation that each individual inherits genetically from his or her parents at the moment of conception. Nurture is the general term for all environmental influences that affect development after an individual is conceived. Lifespan perspective approach to the study of human development that takes into account all phases of life not just childhood or adulthood. There are multiple changes in every direction that characterize the lifespan. The critical period is a point where if chang is going to happen it must happen now. The sensitive period is the best time for that change to occur. A cohort is a group defined by shared age of its members and have the same sorts of experiences, cultures etc . Difference equal deficit error- people unlike us are inferior.
