PSY 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Relational Aggression, Parenting
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Module 13: culture, gender, and other environmental influences. How people react to and influence others is affected by our genes. Identical twins share the same genetic disposition; they also find and create similar experiences that display their shared genes. As we grow older, we select environments that are suited to our natures. One is formed by nature and nurture. It all starts in the womb where one is receiving different levels of exposure to toxins and nutrition. Then nurture continues outside of the womb where one starts to foster brain development from one"s experiences: experience and brain development, genes dictate overall brain structure. : use it or lose it: brain development doesn"t end with childhood. So, parents can relax a bit more and just love their children for who they are: peer influence, parents , peers responsibility, and ways of interacting with authority figures. Are more important when it comes to education, discipline,
