overview and assumptions

Question 1

What are the assumptions of the area?

Answer 1

1- change and development is ongoing and continues throughout our lifetime
2- behaviour may be learned (nurture) or be innate (nature)
3- early experiences effect later development
4- behaviour happens in pre-determined stages

Question 2

What is development?

Answer 2

the changes that happen in our life with an emphasis on childhood

Question 3

What are the two factors that cause change/ development?

Answer 3

1- inherited factors
2- lifetime experiences

Question 4

What do inherited factors refer to?

Answer 4

nature, maturation, and puberty

Question 5

What do lifetime experiences refer to?

Answer 5

nurture and interactions with others

Question 6

Why is there an emphasis on childhood in this area?

Answer 6

children go through a lot of developmental changes before adulthood

Question 7

What is the key theme for Bandura and Chaney?

Answer 7

external influences on behaviour

Question 8

What is the key theme for Kohlberg and Lee?

Answer 8

morality