1. Why do psychologists conduct research in child development? Give short answer and provide an example. (2 points)
If psychologists want to fully understand human behavior, they have to understand what led to that behavior, and the answer might in the process of development. An event as a child could influence that person as an adult. For example if a child experienced abuse by a family member they will most likely be impacted in some way, as an adult. That event affected the child’s development. Instead of being emotionally healthy that (now adult) might have an anxiety disorder, drug abuse problems, failed long-term relationships, etc. An event during child development could be even subtler but still affect that child through adulthood, …show more content…
It is the genetic instructions for how as aspect of a person develops. A genotype for a specific trait is inherited from the parents. The environment can influence the phenotype through Epigenetics. The environment can physically alter a DNA sequence or it can influence gene expression. A trait that was once supposed to be present is suppressed by an environmental factor. The phenotype is often not influenced in one way or another; there is a range oh phenotypes that result from an environmental factor influencing the genotype. For example intelligence, a child could be equipped with the genetics to be smart (high IQ) but without an enriched environment as a child, learning and intellectual growth can be slowed down or stunted. For instance, I was in an orphanage until I was two-years-and-four-months. I was not in an enriched environment, which greatly slowed down my learning language, reading and even hand-eye-coordination skills. When I was adopted a program was implemented to make up for this loss, however, there were permanent deficits as a …show more content…
In families where siblings are genetically similar there are still vastly different personality traits. Each sibling might excel in different academic subjects; have talents in different areas such as sports, music, and art, be introverted or extroverted, etc. For example my aunt has two daughters, three years apart in age. The oldest daughter (18) is introverted, academically talented, not athletically inclined, and has a diagnosed anxiety disorder. On the other hand, the younger daughter (15) is extroverted, outgoing, athletically inclined, academically average etc. These girls share similar DNA sequences, have grown up in the same family environment all their life, and yet are very different. Being biology major, I believe in the power of DNA. That each daughter received genetic predispositions for personality traits from each of their parents and their environment either suppressed or enhanced those traits. For example, maybe both daughters are prone to anxiety issues but the father was harsh on the oldest daughter in terms of her academic performance. Possibly the father enhanced her anxiety proneness causing her to have anxiety in
If psychologists want to fully understand human behavior, they have to understand what led to that behavior, and the answer might in the process of development. An event as a child could influence that person as an adult. For example if a child experienced abuse by a family member they will most likely be impacted in some way, as an adult. That event affected the child’s development. Instead of being emotionally healthy that (now adult) might have an anxiety disorder, drug abuse problems, failed long-term relationships, etc. An event during child development could be even subtler but still affect that child through adulthood, …show more content…
It is the genetic instructions for how as aspect of a person develops. A genotype for a specific trait is inherited from the parents. The environment can influence the phenotype through Epigenetics. The environment can physically alter a DNA sequence or it can influence gene expression. A trait that was once supposed to be present is suppressed by an environmental factor. The phenotype is often not influenced in one way or another; there is a range oh phenotypes that result from an environmental factor influencing the genotype. For example intelligence, a child could be equipped with the genetics to be smart (high IQ) but without an enriched environment as a child, learning and intellectual growth can be slowed down or stunted. For instance, I was in an orphanage until I was two-years-and-four-months. I was not in an enriched environment, which greatly slowed down my learning language, reading and even hand-eye-coordination skills. When I was adopted a program was implemented to make up for this loss, however, there were permanent deficits as a …show more content…
In families where siblings are genetically similar there are still vastly different personality traits. Each sibling might excel in different academic subjects; have talents in different areas such as sports, music, and art, be introverted or extroverted, etc. For example my aunt has two daughters, three years apart in age. The oldest daughter (18) is introverted, academically talented, not athletically inclined, and has a diagnosed anxiety disorder. On the other hand, the younger daughter (15) is extroverted, outgoing, athletically inclined, academically average etc. These girls share similar DNA sequences, have grown up in the same family environment all their life, and yet are very different. Being biology major, I believe in the power of DNA. That each daughter received genetic predispositions for personality traits from each of their parents and their environment either suppressed or enhanced those traits. For example, maybe both daughters are prone to anxiety issues but the father was harsh on the oldest daughter in terms of her academic performance. Possibly the father enhanced her anxiety proneness causing her to have anxiety in