Test Flashcards
4 areas of development
Physical, cognitive, social and emotional
Physical development
The growth and changes of size, proportion, appearance and co-ordination
Cognitive development
Thinking, problem solving, language imagination, memory
Social development
Making and maintain gin friendships
Interpret the behaviours, feelings and thoughts of others
Learn to respond to reactions of others
Emotional Development
Changes in self knowledge and understanding others
Recognise emotions through facial expressions
Learn to express emotions appropriately
Development emotional skills through interaction with others
Nature
Genetics
Nurture
Environment
Identical twins
Maternal/monozygotic
1 egg/ sperm
Same DNA
Non Identical Twins
Fraternal/ dizygotic
2 eggs/ sperm
No more alike than other siblings
Who did the Minnesota twin study?
Bouchard
What study did bouchard do?
The Minnesota twin study
What was the Minnesota twin study about?
Suggested heredity makes a relatively strong contribution to IQ
WAS SHOWN THROUGH SEPARTED IDENTICAL TWINS
Who else did a twin study?
Scarf (1992)
What did Scarr find in her study?
Found intelligence has a greater genetic component than personality does
What do adoption studies help with?
To distinguish the effects of nature vs nurture on various traits and characteristics