Discusiion question. When thinking about nature and nurture, many students underestimate the influence of the environment. For example, the prenatal environment exerts powerful effects on us before we are born. If a pregnant woman drinks too much alcohol during pregnancy, her child may be born with fetal alcohol syndrome and have accompanying cognitive and phenotype's differences (eyes, philtrum, etc.) that are not genetic, but rather caused by the alcohol in the environment. In what other ways might the environment be at work prenatally?

 

 

 

University of Phoenix Material

 

Development Matrix

 

 Complete all three parts.

 

 

Part I – Developmental Stages

 

For each developmental domain (physical, cognitive, and social), identify two major milestones associated with the following stages: childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.

 

Stage of Development

Physical Development

Cognitive Development

Social Development

Childhood

 

 

 

Adolescence

 

 

 

Adulthood

 

 

 

 

 

Part II – Developmental Gaps

 

Respond to the following in 175 to 350 words:

 

Demonstrate the interdependence of physical, cognitive, and social development by imagining how a persons’ behavior would be impacted by a deficit. Create a scenario in which one area (physical, cognitive, social) is underdeveloped and describe the possible results. Focus on a specific stage of development (childhood or adolescence) and predict how a later stage (adolescence or adulthood) would be impacted by the lack of development of that area during an earlier stage (e.g., how a lack of cognitive development during childhood would affect the behavior of an adolescent).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part III – Nature Versus Nurture

Using your own words, write 175 to 350 words describing the concept of “nature versus nurture.” Be sure to explain how nature, nurture, and both concepts are involved in development.