PSY 260- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 51 pages long!)
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Chapter one: intro to child psych v scientific method review. The concept of double checking or confirming. Ideal, but not common v nature and nurture. How much each contributes in not a fixed amount, but instead varies per instance. Differential susceptibility ( diathesis stress model ) posits that each person has a genetic threshold for environmental influences to trigger an internal event. Example people have varying sensitivity to particular experiences v the domains of human development. Judgement - timing and decision making: remembering road rules. Psychosocial: cultural expectations and rewards of driving, family / community capacity to teach you to drive v ecology of development. Exosystem external networks and community structures. Macrosystem cultural & social attitudes, policies, and conditions. Bronfenbrenner"s complete model in textbook v test yourself. Dylan lives in a place where public policy requires parents to put their children in car seats, and where children must go to school during the day.
