Chapter 4: Nature vs Nurture
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| Developmental Psychology | the study of progressive changes in behavior and abilities
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| Heredity (Nature) | transfer of physical and psychological traits from parents to children
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| DNA | (Deoxyribonucleic acid) Molecular structure shaped like a double helix that contains genetic code
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| genes | areas on DNA that contain information (30,000 genes on a strand of DNA)(96% of our genes with chimps)
can be dominant or recessive
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| Dominant genes | feature will appear each time that gene is present
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| recessive genes | will appear only if paired with another recessive gene
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| temperment | physical "core" of your personality;
-sensitivity
-irritability
-distractibility
-typical mood
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| easy children | 40% of children are relaxed and agreeable
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| Difficult Children | 10% of children are moody, intense, easily angered
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| slow to warm up children | 15% of children are restrained, unexpressive, shy
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| Remaining kids | 35% of children are a mix
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| Environment (nurture) | all external conditions that affect a person and their development.
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| sensitive periods | a time of increased sensitivity to environment
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| congenital problems | birth defects. can affect mental or physical
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