A. Perspectives on Nature and Nurture Flashcards
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Focuses on the scientific study of the systematic processes of change and stability in people.
Human Development
The concept of human development as lifelong process, which can be studied scientifically.
Life-span Development
It views development as lifelong, multidimensional, multidirectional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and contextual, and as a process that involves growth, maintainance and regulation of loss.
Life-Span Perspective
The 3 Domains of Development
- Physical Development
- Cognitive Development
- Psychosocial Development
A concept or practice that is an invention of a particular culture or society.
Social Construction
It involves the degree to which early traits and characteristics persists through life of change.
Stability-Change Issue
It focuses on the degree to which development involves either gradual, cumulative change (continuity) or distinct stages (discontinuity)
Continuity-Discontinuity
A scientific study of the extent to which genetic and environmental differences among people and animals are responsible for differences in their traits.
Behavioral Genetics
The proportion of all the variability in the trait within a large sample of people that can be linked to genetic differences among those individuals.
Heritability
He studied the heredity of plants
Gregor Mendel
It involves attempting to breed animals for a particular trait to determine whether the trait is heritable
Selective Breeding
The percentage of pairs of people studied in which if one member of a pair displays the trait, the other does too.
Concordance Rate
Discusses that the effects of genes depend on what kind of environment we experience, and how we respond to the environment depends on what genes we have.
Gene-Environment Interaction
3 factors that contribute to the individual differences in emotionality.
- Genes
- Shared Environmental Influences
- Nonshared Environmental Influences
3 kinds of Gene-Environment Correlations
- Passive Gene-Environment
- Evocative Gene-Environment
- Active Gene-Environment
It consists of inborn traits and characteristics provided by the child’s parents
Heredity
Influences stems from the outside body, starting from conception throughout life.
Environment
Highlights that people differ in gender, height, weight, and body build; in health and energy level, etc.
Individual Differences
