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‘Environment of the child has a major role in the development of the child.’ Support your answer with examples.


The influence of such an environment may make the child a little extroverted. Sandra Scarr believes that the environment parents provides as for their children depends to some extent on their own genetic predisposition. For example, if parents are intelligent and are good readers they would provide their children with books to read, with the likely outcome that their children would become good readers who enjoy reading. A child’s own genotype such as being co-operative, and attentive is likely to result in teachers and parents giving more pleasant response as compared to children who are not cooperative or not attentive.

Besides these, children themselves choose certain environments based on their genotype. For example, because of their genotype, children may perform well in music or sports and they will seek and spend more time in environments, which will enable them to perform their musical skills.

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Describe the main features of lifespan perspective on development.


What is development? How is it different from growth and Maturation?


How do socio-cultural factors influence development?


What are developmental tasks? Explain by giving examples.


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