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Psychological development

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refers to an individual’s changes and lifelong growth across emotional, cognitive, and social domains.​

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social development

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changes in an individual’s relationship with other people and their skills in interacting

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cognitive development

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changes in an individuals mental abilities,such as reasonign, problem solving, decision making, perception, learning, memory and use of languages.

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Emotional development

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Changes in how an individaul experiences different feelings and how these feelings are expressed and interpreted and dealt with

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Examples of social development

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  1. Learning to how to have conversations with others
  2. Learning how to appropriately communicate with your colleagues
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Examples of cognitive social development

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  1. learning a second language
  2. learning your timetables
  3. understanding that others have different perspectives to your own
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Examples of emotional development

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  1. learning how to appropriately express emotions such as anger.
  2. Recognising your own emotions
  3. Understanding how others around you feel.
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Nature

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compare physical and phycological development

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Nature states that the Genes we inherit from our parents influence

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many aspects of our physical development

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what genes do we inherit from parents that impacts out physical development e blood type, eye and hair colour, body shape, likeliness of developing certain illnesses and disorders.​

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e blood type, eye and hair colour, body shape, likeliness of developing certain illnesses and disorders.​

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Nature is influenced by

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genetic predisposition; the increased likelihood to develop certain traits, including diseases if certain conditions are met​

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What does nature believe about personality, intelliegnece and interested

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personality, intelligence and interseted are predetermined at birth

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Nurture​

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Refers to environmental factors that influence development and arise from an individual’s physical and social surroundings.​

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Examples of nurture

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E.g. food, education, exposure to pollutants, socioeconomic status, culture, social groups, early childhood experiences.

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What does nurture believe

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Belief that education, social groups, jobs, surroundings, socioeconomic status contribute to development​

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what does research prove about the nature vs nurture debate

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both hereditary and environmental factors interact to shape human development.​

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how have psychologists been able to gain a better understanding of which psychological characteristics are more likely to be influenced by environmental factors​. ​

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They do this by comparing twins, given their identical (or half identical) genetic makeup.

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Psychologists also use information from research with children who have been adopted, and therefore have no genetic similarity to their adoptive parents.​​

Compare w similarites between children and their adoptive parents would suggest vs simialrites between children and biological parents

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Similarities between children and their adoptive parents would suggest environmental influence is greater, whereas similarities between adopted children and their biological parents would indicate inherited influence is greater.​

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biopsychosocial approach

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systematically considers biological, psychological, and social factors and their complex interactions in understanding health, illness, and health care delivery

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nature vs nurture define

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Nature versus nurture is a long-standing debate in biology and society on whether human beings are influenced by genetic inheritance or the environmental conditions of their development.

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how does nature vs nurture interact

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nature vs nurture both affects behaviour and personalities and are partners in how developing people interact with surrounding environments