Loose Leaf For Essentials Of Understanding Psychol Format: Loose-leaf
Loose Leaf For Essentials Of Understanding Psychol Format: Loose-leaf
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Chapter 27, Problem 1E
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Introduction: Developmental psychology is the division of psychology that includes the growth patterns and changes that occur in a person throughout their entire life. Developmental psychology deals with the problems that range from the new methods of conceiving children to learning the ways to raise children and to understand the different milestones of life.

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Correct answer: Developmental psychologists are interested in the effects of both heredity and environment on development.

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Developmental psychologists studies about the changes and growth throughout the life of a person. They are involved in the effects of both heredity and the environment on the development. Heredity explains about the upper limit of growth and changes, and the environment affects the degree to which the upper limits reach. Nature refers to the hereditary factors and nurture refers to the environmental influences.

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