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Developmental Psychology
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Chapter 2
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BASIC THEORETICAL ISSUES
level: BASIC THEORETICAL ISSUES
Questions and Answers List
level questions: BASIC THEORETICAL ISSUES
Question
Answer
What psychology theory issue focuses on genetic or hereditary influences and experiential or environmental influences determine the kind of person you are?
Nature-Nurture issue
Promoting the idea that individuals are creators
Organismic (active)
"People are simply reactive to their environments; passive observers"
Mechanistic (reactive)
Changes in number or amount, such as the frequency with which a response is made.
Quantitative Change
Each person's genetic make-up determines the environment he or she seeks and has
Gene-Environment Correlations
Not deliberately seeking the environment, the environment has been designed for you, and you didn't have much choice but to be a part of it.
Passive Gene Correlation
Person's Geno type evokes certain reactions from other people
Evocative Gene Correlation
Actively seek/create the environment that would match the gene that one has.
Active Gene Correlation
Theory of whether there is just one path of development or several paths
Universal-Context Specific Development