PSY BEH 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Epigenetics, Heredity
13 Jul 2018
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The science of human development seeks to understand how and why people all kinds of people, everywhere, of every age change over time. Development over the life span is multi-directional, multi-contextual, multi-cultural,and plastic. Begin with curiosity. pose a question , guided by theory, research, or observation. Develop a hypothesis. shape the question into a hypothesis , a testable prediction. Test the hypothesis. conduct research to gather empirical evidence (data). Draw conclusions. use the evidence to support or refute the hypothesis . Report the results. share data, conclusions, limitations, and alternative explanations. Replication repeating the procedures and methods of a study with different participants is often a sixth and crucial step. Nature refers to the influence of the genes that people inherit. Nurture refers to environmental influences, beginning with the health and diet of the embryo"s mother and continuing lifelong, including family, school, community, culture, and society. Many other names, among them heredity vs. environment and maturation vs. learning.
