Health Sciences 2711A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Urie Bronfenbrenner, Wrong Turn, Outer Perimeter
7 Jan 2020
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Chapter 2: models of development: nature and nurture in adulthood. An important assumption of the interactionist model is that adults are products of their experiences. Adults also shape their own experiences through active interpretation of the events and through the actions they take. Reciprocity in development: states that people both influence and are influenced by the events in their lives, not only are you shaped by your experienced by you in turn shape many of the experiences that affect you. You were influenced by earlier events to choose a particular path that brought you to where you are right now. You are where you are having been influenced one way or another by your prior life events. You have an effect on your environment and this in turn will affect subsequent events in your life. You many nevertheless influence the people around you in much smaller ways that lead to important changes.
