Basic human development L2

• Erikson's psychosocial stage of industry vs inferiority (ages 6-12)
• Every child has a unique profile of hereditary instructions that support his or her life, growth, human traits, and individuality.
• These guidelines are contained in a child’s genes, the basic units of heredity.
• Genetic influence refers to inherited (genetic) characteristics and tendencies that influence development.
• Genetic influence is universal, meaning almost everyone has the same inherited characteristics such as hands, legs, eyes etc.
• Nurture is the partner of nature and refers to the environmental conditions that influence development.
• Children's experiences in the environment affect all aspects of their lives.
• Environmental factors include immediate and extended family, neighborhood, schools, parents’ workplace, mass media, community services, political systems and policy.
• Sensorimotor stage (Birth to 2 years)

   Infants use senses and motor abilities to understand the world

   Learning is active, but there is no conceptual or reflective thinking

   Infants learn that an object still exits when it is out of sight Object permanence). But before

  the age of about 8 to 12 months, infants still have not develop object permanence

  e.g. when infants close their eyes, the whole world stops