1. UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY
AREA OF STUDY 2
LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT

2. INTERACTION OF HEREDITARY AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN SHAPING PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
HEREDITY = the transmission of characteristics from biological parents to their offspring via genes at the time of conception ENVIRONMENT = all the experiences, objects and events to which we are exposed throughout our entire lifetime

3. INTERACTION OF HEREDITARY AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN SHAPING PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
NATURE
VS NURTURE

4. HOMEWORK Learning Activity 4.9 (pg.158)
Prepare debate by reading appropriate articles or journals provided in class
HOMEWORK

5. THE ENVIRONMENT IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT IN INFLUENCING PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT THAN THE TRANSMISSION OF GENES
CLASSROOM DEBATE

6. ROLE OF MATURATION IN DEVELOPMENT
Maturation = the orderly and sequential developmental changes which occur in the nervous system and other bodily structures controlled by our genes
EG: Speaking
First, our sounds are unrecognisable noise
We then say individual words
We then string these words into a sentence
Our brain must have developed to a point to allow us to do this

7. ROLE OF MATURATION IN DEVELOPMENT
Our physical development lays the foundation for the onset of many aspects of psychological development
PRINCIPLE OF READINESS
Unless the necessary body structures needed to perform a behaviour are sufficiently mature, then no amount of practice will produce the behaviour

8. SENSITIVE PERIODS IN DEVELOPMENT
PERIODS OF RAPID CHANGE WHEN INDIVIDUALS SEEM TO BE MORE VULNERABLE TO INFLUENCES FROM THEIR ENVIRONMENT

9. Learning Activity 4.12 (pg.163)
HOMEWORK