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Value Walk!!!
For each statement,
1. please move to the side of the room
that you agree with most.
2. Also record your answers on a blank
sheet of paper.
1
You grow (physically, mentally) more
during your high school years than any
other
2
You are who you are based on how your
parents raised you.
3
Genetics (nature) trump the
environment (nurture) in any situation.
4
Children need to be loved by another
human in order to develop correctly.
1. What types of things
does nature/nurture
influence in your life?
2. What are the actual
things on each side that
influence you?
What impact does poverty have on world nature vs.
nurture views?
-Does it change over time?
Nature vs. Nurture
Heredity vs. Environment
The life you have lived has been determined by these two factors.
Nature vs. Nurture
Heredity vs. Environment
Essential Topics
• Compare and contrast models of moral development (e .g ., Kohlberg, Gilligan)
• Discuss the interaction of nature and nurture (including cultural variations) in
the determination of behavior
• Identify key contributors in developmental psychology (e .g ., Mary Ainsworth,
Albert Bandura, Diana Baumrind, Erik Erikson, Sigmund Freud, Carol Gilligan,
Harry Harlow, Lawrence Kohlberg, Konrad Lorenz, Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky)
• Explain the maturation of cognitive abilities (e .g ., Piaget’s stages, information
processing)
• Predict the physical and cognitive changes that emerge as people age, including
steps that can be taken to maximize function
Heredity/Nature
The genetic transmission of
physical and psychological
characteristics from parents
to their children.
Many personal features are
set at the time of conception.
Heredity/Nature
Nucleus of every human cells
contains 46 chromosomesthe thread like structures that
hold the coded instructions
for heredity.
The long chains are made up
of chemical molecules that =
DNA
We are 99.9% the same as
everyone else, ever. (1 out of
every 1,000 base pairs
separates you from anyone
else)
Is human behavior motivated by a universal
"human nature" or is human behavior learned
through culture?
Are we really all that different?
Story
creation
Heredity/Nature
The way that our particular
processes or personal
characteristics are affected is
by genes.
Small areas of DNA code.
Most characteristics are
polygenic, or controlled by
more than one working
together.
The Impact of DNA
Heredity/Nature
Dominant vs. Recessive
Control every time vs. must
be paired with a second
recessive gene
Heredity/Nature
Heredity influences events
from conception to
senescence all the way to
death.
Aging/old age
This fact causes the overall
pattern of physical
development to be universal
(We will come back to this topic later)
Heredity/Nature
How soon?
Very early
Newborn babies show
differences in temperament
(the physical core of
personality)
Babies can be
-easy chidren -relaxed and agreeable 40%
-difficult children -moody, intense, easily angered 10%
-slow-to-warm -up children- restrained, unexpressive,
shy 15%
Environment/Nurture
Environment is the sum of all
external conditions that
affect a person.
Can be a very powerful
impact
Genetically we are very similar to those that
lived 30,000 years ago, yet we are quite
different.
Environment/Nurture
Referring back to our Value
Walk, at what ages do you
learn/develop the most?
When are you the most
susceptible to influences?
Environment/Nurture
These times of increased
sensitivity to
environmental
influences are called
critical periods.
Language??
21-36 months
Environment/Nurture
How does the environment
influence us before we are born? –
intrauterine environment
Environment/Nurture
How does the environment
influence us before we are born? –
intrauterine environment
Teratogens are anything capable of
causing birth defects
Parent interview reflection
Alternative Assignment
Research and describe the 4 types of parenting. Reflect on which
you feel is the best and why.
Environment/Nurture
Do you think that heredity, or
environment best explains who you
are today? Can you think of clear
examples?
Mini-quiz
1. Developmental Psychology
2. Heredity
3. DNA
4. Genes
5. Polygenic characteristics
6. Environment/Nurture
7. Critical Period
8. Slow to warm up child
9. Difficult child
10. Easy child
Mini-quiz
1. Developmental Psychology-The study of progressive changes in behavior and
abilities from conception to death
2. Heredity-The transmission of physical and psychological characteristics from
parents to offspring through genes
3. DNA- a molecular structure that contains coded genetic information
4. Genes-specific areas on a strand of DNA that carry hereditary information
5. Polygenic characteristics-personal traits or physical properties that are influence
by many genes working in combination
6. Environment/Nurture- The sum of all external conditions affecting
development, including especially the effects of learning
7. Critical Period- during development, a period of increased sensitivity to
environmental influences.
8. Slow to warm up child- a child who is temperamentally restrained and
unexpressive
9. Difficult child- a child who is temperamentally moody, intense, and easily
angered
10. Easy child- a child who is temperamentally relaxed and agreeable
Timeline creation
1.Using page 86 in your book, as well as
the article, please create a “timeline”
that tracks a human through their life.
a. For each of the 7 “stops” I would like
for you to include the ages, as well as an
important event that occurs during this
time. You will also provide an image.
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