Genetic and environmental influence in human development.…. Discuss.

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Genetic and environmental influence in human development..... Discuss

Meyers adopted the analogy of a tree in an attempt to explain human differences. According to him the trunk signifies the species, which then divides into branches. The branches represent our shared characteristics and beliefs. At the end of the branches are leaves, which Meyers claimed stood for the individual person, genetically and environmentally like no other.

Every human being is differentially sound. We all have our own genetic makeup with the exception of identical twins. In this case environmental factors will have caused differences in their development and behaviour in the same way they do for everyone else. When a child progresses through the early stages of its life, every aspect of his or her emotional, mental and physical abilities develops.

In terms of the nature debate, evolutionary/biological/genetic psychologists believe our development relies heavily on our genetic make up. They believe we have no control over how we develop, but are merely the main actor in a play written and directed by our genes. These genes will hold information about our ancestors as well as the broader, evolutionary information that will allow us to