Psychology Assignment | Human Development
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Added on 2020-05-28
Psychology Assignment | Human Development
Added on 2020-05-28
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Running Head: PSYCHOLOGYHuman DevelopmentName of the Student:Name of the University:Author Note:
PSYCHOLOGY1The term human development is typically a dynamic term which is used to describe theprocess through which an individual grows and experiences changes throughout the lifetime. Itcan also be described as a qualitative change that an individual experience from birth to death.Thus, through this way, development can be described as the process of life which encompassescognitive, physical, personality, psychological, motor, emotional and social. It is important tonote that the development of an individual in all these areas are interrelated (Green and Piel2015). Development on an individual is shaped by both the nurture and nature in terms ofcultural context. Nature can be described as the hereditary contribution that an individualreceives from his parents during the time of conception. Genetics determine certain aspects ofthe of a person’s development, like physical appearance and functioning paired along with thepsychological characteristics. Whereas, nurture refers to the social ecology and the physicalenvironment within which an individual grows and develop. The different aspects of child’secology (social institutions, physical facilities, school and rituals) all influence the developmentof a child in several ways (Robinson 2012). This study is based on the extent of humandevelopment influenced by the social relationships, physical environment and genes.In order to assess the extent to which an individual in influenced by the genes, physicalenvironment and social relationships. Delving into each of the factors in detail can reveal theindividual influence. Genes are hereditary and thus a person’s physical characteristics is stronglyinfluenced by the genes inherited from the parents. Various physical attributes of an individualare dictated by the genes that are inherited. An instance of environmental impact on an individualcan be seen in population affected with sickle cell anemia (Ware et al. 2017). This disease ishereditary and when the population that gets adapted to it remains protected from malaria.Individuals that experience the good psychological health and good quality of life, develops a
PSYCHOLOGY2sense of belonging. This helps an individual to develop in to a moral human being. Whereas, ifthe upbringing is not in a healthy environment, then an individual may turn into an immoralbeing with distorted mindset (Ungar, Ghazinour and Richter 2013).Genetic influence- Transmission of genetic material is a complex process. The majorityof the characteristics observed in human beings are a result of the combination of the genes. Dueto the numerous permutations and combinations of the genes, a large number of differences existin psychological and physical characteristics. The monozygotic twins or the identical twins havethe same set of chromosomes, because they have formed from a single zygote. Whereas, thetwins from the di-zygote develop into two separate individuals who do not exhibit the similarcharacteristics like the single zygote twins (Sigelman and Rider 2014). Genes can be bothrecessive and dominant. Through various studies it has been found that in comparison to thefemales, the males are more color blind as well as color sensitive to certain colors. Likewise, agrandmother or a mother can transfer the same condition to a male child without being a colorbind themselves. The reason is that the disease or the disorder is common in males in comparisonto the females. Genes form pairs, and if both the genes are dominant then an individual willexpress a particular characteristic (for example: color blindness). Whereas, if one gene isrecessive and the other is dominant then the dominant gene will prevail over the recessive. Therecessive gene will pass on to the next generation but will not express, although it may getexpressed in the subsequent generation (van Opijnen and Camilli 2012). The gene which isdominant, is responsible for expression of a particular characteristic or trait. The visiblecharacteristic (eye color) which show up are called the phenotype. The recessive genes do notshow up as a trait, if the gene is not paired up with the other similar type of gene. The traits orthe characteristics that are carried genetically in the recessive form are called the genotypes.
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