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Chapter 4 of 10
Development
Change across a life.
Childhood
Attachment, language acquisition and cognitive stages are the classic areas. Development is more continuous and more variable than stage theories originally suggested.
- Early experience matters and rarely determines outcomes on its own.
- Adolescent brain development continues into the mid twenties.
Nature and nurture
Genes and environment interact constantly: genes shape which environments you seek, and environments alter which genes are expressed. The percentage framing was always misleading.