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This 6 page paper discusses the influence of the very young child's environment. Nature versus Nuture debate is examined, cognitive development and major theories offered. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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on both sides. Three debates are prevalent, it seems, throughout developmental psychology in the field of cognitive development. Does nature or nurture influence this development, or is it continuity versus
discontinuity, or perhaps, even, stability versus change? Regardless of the camp that one falls into, home environment would seem to play a significant factor, but may or may not be
THE major factor in the development of a young child. The position a theory takes on nature versus nurture affects its explanation of individual differences. For example, some theorists emphasize
stability, the belief that children who are high or low in a characteristic will remain so at later ages in a continual fashion. Theorists who emphasize stability typically stress the
importance of heredity. If theorists regard environment as crucial, they generally point to early experiences as establishing lifelong patterns of behavior. Some theorists believe that change is possible and likely
if new experiences support it. These theorists, then, support, the nature versus nurture ideas. Eriksson believed that a person was presented with a certain set of crises during his or
her life and it was the dealing and adapting to these crises, which shaped the personality and identity of the individual. One can see that this would also take on
other connotations as the factors of gender and race were thrown into the mix. In most models a person is constantly at war with himself in an attempt to become
an idealized version of himself. It is this continuing war that begins with birth and continues throughout a persons lifetime. Some of the milestones that a person must come into
contact with and overcome include those of gender, race, environmental pressures, and social class. One always hopes that the end product, if truly there ever is an end product,
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