1.1.2-1.1.4

Question 1

What 2 factors influence the course of development?

Answer 1

Biological and environmental factors

Question 2

Examlple of biological factors

Answer 2

growth during the prenatal period, the onset of puberty, and the arrival of gray hair, are primarily biological

Question 3

Examples of Environmental factors for development

Answer 3

learning calculus, navigating the Internet, or acquiring a taste for sushi, depend mainly on experience and the environment.

Question 4

The function of biology is referred to

Answer 4

nature

Question 5

The function of experience is referred to as

Answer 5

nurture

Question 6

Nature vs nurture is

Answer 6

biology vs experience

Question 7

A term used when developmental changes are heavily influenced by biological processes. Growth and aging also are terms closely associated with biological changes over time.

Answer 7

Maturation

Question 8

Define maturation

Answer 8

Maturation is one term used when developmental changes are heavily influenced by biological processes. Therefore, we speak of the maturing nervous system or a more mature approach to problem-solving as a means of noting the biological influence on these developmental processes. Growth and aging also are terms closely associated with biological changes over time.

Question 9

What does the term learning imply?

Answer 9

implies that what is learned is the result of the person’s interaction with the environment and is largely independent of biological influences.

Question 10

A child learns to ride a bike

Answer 10

Thus, a child learns to ride a bike; however, the child’s ability to achieve balance, which depends heavily on the development of physical strength and brain-based functions, is more a matter of maturation.

Question 11

Why is it hard to find the distinctions between maturation and learning?

Answer 11

Few, if any, developmental events are purely the result of either biology or the environment