PSY2071 Study Guide - Final Guide: Socioeconomic Status, Pregnancy, Preterm Birth
5 Aug 2018
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E. g onset of puberty (start of adolescence), development of wm. Biological and environmental influences associated with a specific time. Cohort: group of individual born at around the same time. Factors present at a particular time, depending on things like ethnicity, social class, subcultural membership. Biological and environmental influences similar for those in an age group. Events that do not happen to most people. E. g born premature, brain lesion ,deprivation as children. Behaviorism development can be understood through studying observable behavior and environmental stimuli. Behavior throughout life is motivated by inner, unconscious forces, stemming from childhood. Attachment the infant needs to be attached to his caregiver and this experience will affect future development. Behavior is the result of genetic inheritance from our ancestors. Adaptive traits and behaviors that promotes survival have been inherited through natural selection. Research strategies used to examine the genetic contribution to the difference we observe.
