PSY 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Fetus, Binge Drinking, Habituation
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Module 10: developmental issues, prenatal development, and the newborn. Developmental psychology - examines our physical, cognitive, and social development across the lifespan, with a focus on three major issues: Nature and nurture - understanding the relationship between our genetic inheritance (nature) and our experiences (nurture) Continuity and stages - determining which parts of our development are gradual and continuous and which abruptly change in stages. Stability and change - knowing which traits remain throughout life and which change as we age: nature and nurture. Genes predispose both our shared humanity and our individual differences. Our families and peer relationships teach us how to think and act. We are formed by the interactions between nature and nurture. Biological, psychological, and social-cultural forces interact: continuity and stages. Researchers who emphasize experience and learning typically see development as a slow, continuous shaping process. Researchers who emphasize biological maturation tend to see development as a sequence of genetically predisposed stages or steps.
