Psych 4010 D Seminar in Developmental Psychology

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Psych 4010 DSeminar in Developmental Psychology

• Prof. Scott A. Adler
• 333 BSB
• http//www.psych.yorku.ca/adler/

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Nature vs. Nurture

• Arguments through history have made the case for
  one or the other
• Nature - all our traits, including cognitive and
  social are biologically or genetically determined
• Nurture - our traits, except for some
  physiological one, are determined by experience
  and our interactions with our environments

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Nature vs. Nurture

• John Locke - Tabula Rasa
• Blank Slate

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Biology vs. Experience

• Today, we generally believe for most traits that
  it is not one or the other but a combination of
  the two
• Examples, intelligence and personality
• The issue seems to be how much of each determines
  each trait

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Biology vs. Experience

• The relation between biology and experience is a
  continuum
• The expression of a gene depends on the
  environment - reaction range
• 5 interactions between biology and experience

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Maturation
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Maintenance
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Facilitation
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Attunement
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Induction
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Question

• What behaviors might fit each of the
  biology-experience interactions?