Psychology/ Human Development

1. Psychology/ Human Development What was it like

2. Human Genome Project • The Human Genome Project is the world’s next step in health advancement. This project will not cure the things we are still looking for solutions, but having more knowledge about one’s self gives that individual a greater power to control their health and overall, future. • This project should be continued, under the protective laws that have been established thus far. To retire such a project would be highly unwise. As long as intentions for the technology is done in good will and for the betterment of mankind, things will only continue to progress. We can’t become stuck in our paradigms of the way things were before. This technology will help save lives.

3. Should we mess with this power? Perfect people imperfection

4. How did you come to meet your wife? • I managed to do a few things to find my mate they consisted of the following; went to religion classes in free time, attended church functions, dated often, dated many, social networking, and many other actions went into my mate search. Most of all I had the desire to find a certain kind. • I always had a great relationship with my family and still do, and so the introduction was a very easy step in the process. I had never in the past introduced them to someone that they did not approve of. The approval of the parental unit is not the most important aspect but does have a long term affect on the marriage.

5. Strategies and Tactics Religious activities Family Activities

6. Active Experience Theory, by Psychologist GreggoryDonohoo • Active Experience Theory is a play off of social learning theory; AE theory is highly plastic and continuous in later adulthood with more signs of discontinuity in early childhood. Children tend to lean more towards learning from those around them and as behaviorists believe. Children learn from what they see, what they hear and all other interactions. that my actions are supported by reinforcement which is a predecessor for future actions. This tendency tends to die over time as the child ages and becomes more rooted in their ways and their actions are based less of reinforced learning causing a discontinuous learning curve to occur.

7. Facial Encounter; this is a stage in which most things a child will learn from ages 0-6 is based on his/her experience of the significant facial encounters from their closest acquaintances, these people are typically the mother, father and other family members. As behaviorism states, most children receive a reinforcement of some kind for almost everything they do, this is referred to as a positive or negative reinforcement. The reinforcement given by the caregiver is most often done by facial codes; these codes are learned long before one is able to speak, when a parent smiles at a child they are most likely to see the child respond with the same facial expression. Ex (a child is taken to the park where he/she is taught to throw the ball for the dog to fetch, this action was reinforced by the caregiver clapping and smiling, while in comparison on a separate occasion the child throws the ball at the dog, this action was followed by a stern look from the mother and a loss of the ball privilege. We are being trained by these Facial Encounters every day, and our first development is from the aftermath of these facial systems. • The next stage of AE theory overlaps with the Facial Encounter stage, this is called voice recognition. By the age of 3-9 the child begins to base social situations and moods based off the tone of voice and less on what is actually being said. Facial Encounter is still being integrated, but the child is able to pick up on both aspects. Ex, a mother is asked by her son if he can drive the tractor, moms answer “sure you can drive the tractor”, monotone and without even raising an eyebrow she answered. The child who is 7 was able to understand that although his mother had technically told him “yes”, he knows that she has said no. The father that approaches his 5 year old sun after his second strike at the plate, as he gets ready to bat might give a pointer or two and not realize that he was being impatient and disappointedly harsh in his speech, the child then picks up on the tone and begins to cry. This same example if repeated at ages earlier than 3 would be taken much differently. • Stage three of the AE theory, takes place similar to the age of the Formal Operational stage in the Cognitive theory (6-12) years of age children are able to compile Facial Encounter, Voice Recognition, and comprehend Gesture Formality. At this stage (Gesture Formality) children observe posture, hands, movement of the human, they understand and apply all the concepts they have learned when dealing with people, and they rationalize these three things to build concepts, personalities, and labels for those they interact with. Age 10 Tom is up at the front of the class with the top 5 students left in his class spelling bee, Tom notices how Zach cant keep his hands still or refrain from fidgeting when it is his turn to spell his word, Tom also notices that Zach’s voice is crackling and pitchy, as well as his top lip quivering, Tom concludes from this compilation that Zach is very nervous.