Gen Psych Developmental-personality [New]

Will we one day have designer babies? Will we live to 250 years of age? What could cause someone to become a serial killer? we will cover points to help you on your nature / nurture debate [typed intro due at the START of class]

Info for extra credit forum (Now open)

Developmental Psychology

Dene Change from conception until death in three areas:

Physical Social Cognitive

Developmental Psychology

Physical Majority of physical development prior to birth

Living to 250 Scientists working on re-growing own cells into organs (therapeutic

cloning)

We will be able to take skin stem cells Inject Into the blood stream

Over time these cells will

replace old cells in the heart

Developmental Psychology

Social

Early relationship with parents Peers / parents Parents need your assistance

Cognitive Study with infants Later in life

New research on cognition

Previously thought the human brain was mature biologically around 16 years of age.

We now know that is not true The age now is late 20s with the brain maturing from back to front

Meaning making important life decisions, such as academic major or career path before brain is fully mature may be a mistake

Extra Credit Forum

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Major Questions

Nature vrs Nurture Nature: genes, DNA, biology

Nurture Power of the environment

Parents Schools / neighborhood Media Friends

Is behavior either nature or nurture?

Or is behavior based on a mixture of

nature and nurture?

Nature and Nurture work together

Genes set our limits The environment determines if we reach those limits

Music Smoking

Shyness

!5-HTT is the shy gene In adults: this had been linked to anxiety and high activity in

the fear-generating area of the amygdala In children: only children with both the gene and who were

raised in environments which lacked social interaction developed shyness as an adult. (i.e.. Kids with shy genes who went to daycare were not shy as adults)

This gene is also associated with depression and suicide (but only if child experienced highly stressful events during childhood)

MAOA gene

Linked to aggression / criminal behavior in males Latest research suggests that only males raised in violent households with the MAOA gene go on to lead violent lives as an adult

Males with MAOA gene raised in loving non-abusive homes showed little signs of aggressive behavior

Serial Killers Richard Ramirez

Guilty of 13 murders 5 attempted murder 11 sexual assaults

Childhood issues: Father has an extreme temper (beats his children) Mother is

very religious

7th grade: kicked o football team Taken in my cousin (Mike) ex Green Beret from Vietnam war Showed Richard pictures from war of murder and extreme

torture

Richard saw Mike murder his wife (shot her in the face in front of Richard)

8th grade: starts to experiment with Pot and LSD He died in prison June 7, 2013

Breaking the code DNA

46 chromosomes 3 billion letters

Issues

Zygote mapping Alzheimers example Breast Cancer

Buying a printout of your entire blueprint What we have decoded thus far

Will we stop with disease? Insurance

A bill (HR 493) has been introduced to outlaw genetic discrimination Who will patent your genes? Supreme Court (June, 2013) ruled no one can place a patent on your

genes.

Designer babies? IF we all selected the same design=all have exact same code

We could have the problem of the Cavendish banana It has ZERO genetic diversity. They are ALL genetically the same Panama Disease

1900 Today (in 10 years Cavendish

will be extinct

Manipulate adult genes

First and Last name of each person who is here:

In groups: Select 3 stereotypical Female Behaviors (not physical traits) Select 3 stereotypical Male Behaviors (not physical traits)

For all 6: state if the behavior is More nature or nurture and why Brainstorm on Nature / Nurture debate topics

Personality

Dene

Form groups based on birth order First born Middle child Last born Only child

List the advantages of your birth order List the disadvantages of your birth order Your ideas will be discussed in class, and also turned in. Make sure to have each person in your birth order group print their rst and last name.

Birth Order

First born:

Starts life as an only child Then is dethroned Parents usually not sure of what they are doing

Overly strict; high expectations of rst born

More than half of US presidents are rst born 21 of the rst 23 US astronauts were rst born

Middle Child

Have good social skills Cooperative skills Mediators Extraverted Low anxiety Dicult to raise Most serial killers were middle children

Youngest child

Party animal Entertainer Excellent social skills Problems with autonomy

Only Children

Spoiled Ambitious Good problem solvers Inexible

Personality Disorders Anti-social C - cannot follow law O - obligations ignored R - remorselessness R - recklessness U - underhandedness P - planning deficit T - temper

more frequent in men (6%)

than women (1.5%)

Personality Disorders

Schizoid

Avoidant

avoids interpersonal contact because fears criticism, disapproval or rejection shows restraint within intimate relationships because of the fear of being shamed or ridiculed is preoccupied with being criticized or rejected in social situations feelings of inadequacy views self as socially inept, personally unappealing or inferior to others Sees the world as unfriendly and cold

Personality Disorders

Histrionic

Obsessive / Compulsive Also found under anxiety disorders Perfectionist Desires control Desires neat and orderly environment

Personality Measure Take out a sheet of paper Divide it into four sections

Personality Measure

Color What is your one favorite color? List 3 words which describe your favorite color

Animal If you could be any animal, what animal would you be? List 3 words describing this animal

Water - what is your favorite form of water?

List 3 words describing your favorite form of water

Room

Form groups based on birth order First born Middle child Last born Only child

List the advantages of your birth order List the disadvantages of your birth order Your ideas will be discussed in class, and also turned in. Make sure to have each person in your birth order group print their rst and last name.

Birth Order

First born:

Starts life as an only child Then is dethroned Parents usually not sure of what they are doing

Overly strict; high expectations of rst born

More than half of US presidents are rst born 21 of the rst 23 US astronauts were rst born

Middle Child

Have good social skills Cooperative skills Mediators Extraverted Low anxiety Dicult to raise Most serial killers were middle children

Youngest child

Party animal Entertainer Excellent social skills Problems with autonomy

Only Children

Spoiled Ambitious Good problem solvers Inexible

Personality Measure

Color What is your one favorite color? List 3 words which describe your favorite color

Animal If you could be any animal, what animal would you be? List 3 words describing this animal

Water - what is your favorite form of water?

List 3 words describing your favorite form of water

Room

Form groups based on birth order First born Middle child Last born Only child

List the advantages of your birth order List the disadvantages of your birth order Your ideas will be discussed in class, and also turned in. Make sure to have each person in your birth order group print their rst and last name.

More than half of US presidents are rst born 21 of the rst 23 US astronauts were rst born

Middle Child

Have good social skills Cooperative skills Mediators Extraverted Low anxiety Dicult to raise Most serial killers were middle children

Youngest child

Party animal Entertainer Excellent social skills Problems with autonomy

Only Children

Spoiled Ambitious Good problem solvers Inexible

Measures of Personality

Objective Projective

Rorschach

Brief video clip on nature and nurture