Unit 4: Development through the life stages Understanding the potential effects of life factors and events on the development of the individual

 You will be able to: 1.Identify and define the stages of growth and development through the human lifespan 2.Identify, define and apply the potential effects of life factors and events on the development of the individual

 Split your page into 2 with the headings:  Nature and Nurture  Include (where possible) the following:  Nature  Who in your family do you look like?  What genetic traits do you think you have inherited?  Do you act or speak like anyone in your family?  Have you chosen a similar career path to them?  Nurture  Where did you grow up?  What was your family home/environment like?  Have you lived in the same place all your life or have you moved?  What were your friends like?

 Nature: Identify the biological characteristics that make you unique.  Nurture: Consider the unique characteristics of the environment in which you grew up.

 The nature versus nurture debate focuses on the argument that: ◦ We are born the way we are ◦ i.e. People are born evil hence why they commit crime, ◦ Or ◦ The way we are brought up and our surroundings make us the way we are ◦ i.e. This child is aggressive because he was brought up in an aggressive environment.

Between 1967 and 1987, West – alone and later with his second wife, serial killer Rosemary West – tortured and raped numerous young women and girls, murdering at least 11, including their own family members  Fred was the second of their six children  It has been suggested that incest was an accepted part of the household, he was sexually abused by his mother.  His father taught him bestiality from an early age.  Fred was in a bad motorcycle accident, suffering a fractured skull, a broken arm and leg, and a coma that lasted for seven days. His family reported that, after the accident, West became prone to sudden fits of rage.  Two years later, he hit his head in a fall from a fire escape and was unconscious for 24 hours after

Abducted a 2 year old boy torturing and murdering him.  These boys were both from broken homes and were known to social services.  The families had to assume new identities due to death threats

 A local GP  Murdered his patients  Nursed his own mother through a terminal condition aged 17

 Are we a product of our genes or the way we have been brought up?

 How did you come to chose your educational path?  Are your values and attitudes your own or are they copied from other people?

ones-worked-THREE-generations--dont-care.html What do you think about Paris Hilton would she have been successful born in to a Family in Poverty? High school drop out to Billionaire. His father was a lawyer his mother an airline hostess, did social class make a difference to his success?

 Twins: Nature or Nurture? – YouTube Twins: Nature or Nurture? – YouTube  Twins Separated at Birth – YouTube Twins Separated at Birth – YouTube  Excerpts from "Secret of the Wild Child" (Genie) - YouTube Excerpts from "Secret of the Wild Child" (Genie) - YouTube