PSYC 4070 Chapter : Chapter 1 And 2 - Without Abbreviations
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Chapter 1: beginnings: an introduction to development across the life span. Life span development major concern: understanding growth and change during the course of life. How both biological inheritance and environment jointly affect behavior. Role of genetics: attempt to understand how genetic background can determine: how we look, how we behave, how we relate to others in a consistent manner (personality) Role of environment: attempt to understand how the environment impacts us. For example, why behave the way we behave. Examine how early environments and current circumstances shape and influence behavior. Some developmentalists focus on heredity, some on environment, most acknowledge that must study joint effects on the interaction of heredity and environment to account for full range of human development and change. Stability in behavior/physical development/cognitive development through out entire life span. Lifespan development field of study that examines pattern of: Characterizing lifespan development: the scope of the field.
