Lecture 17 - Exploring three key themes in developmental psychology

Question 1

(reading):

Siegler, R., Saffran, J., DeLoache, J., Gershoff, E. T. & Eisenberg, N. (2017). How Children Develop. Chapter 16.

Rutter M, Sroufe A. (2000) Developmental Psychopathology: Concepts and challenges. Developmental Psychopathology, 12(3):265-296

Answer 1

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Question 2

(lecture summary):

This lecture explores three key themes in developmental psychology; Genes, the environment and their interaction; Continuity/Discontinuity over time and; Individual differences. These themes are discussed in the context of previous lectures in this module and form the basis for the exploration of topics in the following three lectures.

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Question 3

(lecture study question):

Child development is complicated. Discuss some of the different factors that influence how a child develops.

Answer 3

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Question 4

(lecture) slide dump:

Genes, the environment and their interplay:

• Not as simple as nature vs nurture: Genes are important, the environment’s important
• Genes and environment can influence each other
• This makes it difficult to distinguish between the two (and important that we remember both when we look at things) but must be separated
• Discuss some ways that this can happen

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Question 5

(lecture):

Read slide 7

Answer 5

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Question 6

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Can ‘nature’ elicit ‘nurture’?

Answer 6

(lecture):

Yes, see slide 8-9

Question 7

(lecture):

Read slide 10-11

Answer 7

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Question 8

(lecture):

Read slide 13-to the end of slides.

(make notes if you’d like)

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