Human Development

By: Noah Richardson

Human Sciences and Natural Sciences

Key Knowledge Question:

 

In what ways do the Human Sciences and Natural Sciences give us insight into the true nature of humans?

Genetics

  • "War On Drugs"
  • Addiction
    • Susceptibility + Substance/Behavior
  • The argument is scientifically insupportable

Prenatal

Dutch Hunger Winter

  • "Hongerwinter" in Dutch
  • Towards the end of World War II
  • 2nd-3rd Trimester
    • Epigenetic effect

Infancy

Human

  • Very undeveloped
    • Coordination, muscle, strength, and visual acuity aren't acquired until 18 months
    • Burgeoning of fore brain
    • Walking on two legs
    • Narrow Pelvis
  • Born prematurely

Animals (Horse)

  • Can run on the first day of life
  • Development occurs in the safety of the womb

 

Explicit

  • "Recall Memory"
    • Facts
    • Details
    • Specifics
  • Hippocampus
    • 18 months

Implicit

  • "Emotional Memory"
    • Engrained in the brain
  • E.g. Adoption
    • Separation
    • Rejection
    • Emotional Upset

Memory

Touch

  • Essential to human development
  • Infants who are never picked up will actually die
  • Societal tendency to not pick babies up
    • Fear of spoiling
    • Encourage them to sleep through the night
      • Contributes to abandonment (implicit memory)

Conclusion

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