Human Growth

Title Human Growth
Assignment type Essay
Discipline Psychology
Description Please answer each question as complete as possible using ample content, examples, comparisons that are not found in your text. In addition please use outside sources, at least one or more to augment your answers. Your opinion could be a part of the answer, but it should always be supported. Also make sure your answers are descriptive and avoid generalizations. You’re outside sources need to be cited either in your answer or at the end of the exam. You do not have to use a particular source style format MLA/APA etc— just make sure I know where your source(s) came from. Each question needs additional sources and should be at least a page in length. 1) How might each of the five (5) elements of the bioecological approach influence a major developmental step, an example the decision to marry or not to marry. You do not have to use this example— you may choose your own example to demonstrate how each of the five elements influence a major developmental step. 2) Describe an aspect of human development in each area ( physical, cognitive, personality and social ) that is affected by nature and nurture. 3) What does each theoretical perspective contribute to our understanding of human development? Be as descriptive as possible 4) How might a different environment from the one you experienced have affected the development of personality characteristics that you believe you inherited from one or both of your parents? 5) The determination of traits by a combination of both genetic and environmental factors occur. Please explain this process. 6) Given the way the brain and nervous system develop, what sort of sensory environment would probably be most conducive to neural development in the infant? Why? 7) What are some cultural influences on infants’ daily patterns of behavior that operate in a culture of which you are a part? How do they differ from the influences of other cultures ( either within or outside of the United States) of which you are aware?