Psychology Exam 2

fertilized egg

Study of how behavior changes over time

false assumption that because one event occurred before another event, it must have caused that event

Children's experiences influence their development, but their development also influences their experiences.

research design that examines people of different ages at a single point in time

effects observed in a sample of participants that result from individuals in the sample growing up at the same time

research design that examines development in the same group of people on multiple occasions over time

Infant determinism and childhood fragility

the widespread assumption that extremely early experiences are almost always more influential than later experiences in shaping us as adults

Children are delicate little creatures who are easily damaged

• Nature: our genetic endowment
• Nurture: the environments we encounter

situation in which the effects of genes depend on the environment in which they are expressed

• 1. Blastocyst
• 2. Embryo
• 3. Fetus

ball of identical cells early in pregnancy that haven't yet begun to take any specific function in a body part

Happens in the first week and a half or so after fertilization