SDS150R Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Noam Chomsky, Birth Weight, Language Processing In The Brain
1 Aug 2018
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Involves understanding individual characteristics as well as the environment and social context: nature-nurture "debate, contextual influences (baltes) Baltes talks about the importance of context in development. He theorized about what effect contextual influences had on development. There are three types of influences: normative age-graded, similar to individuals in a particular age group, reflect societal and cultural expectations, ex. Going to school at around 5 or 6: ex. Hitting a physical peak at around age 20: ex. Retiring at age 60-65: normative history-graded, connected to historical event or time period, shared by group of individuals (not all, we may not all experience events in the same way, ex. Older people not accepting gays because of them not being prominent in their time: non-normative. Influences that have a major effect on an individual or small group"s life: development changes drastically after these events, not related to age or history, unexpected event or timing, ex.
