PSY BEH 101D Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Midlife Crisis, Adaptive Behavior, Developmental Psychology
16 Aug 2017
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Adaptation is the change in one"s functioning to fit with the environment. Humans have an advantage over most animal species due to their non-fixed behavior, their long life- phase of immaturity, extensive development potential, and their ability to adapt to different environments: robert havighurst proposed a life-span theory of Select one: midlife crisis, developmental tasks, late life vitality, individual engagement, societal restrictions, development is comprised of Gains and losses: an advantage of the human species is. Nature and nurture can interact in several different ways which shape a person"s development. A person"s genes and the environment can interact, meaning that the environment responds to a person"s genetically determined dispositions. An example of this interaction is when babies that are difficult to calm down ellicit abusive behavior in parents. Biological characteristics can also evolve in response to enviornmental influences when the enviornment and gene activation interact.
