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This week's readings explore how innate and environmental factors interact throughout the life span to create change and growth. For example, in infancy, experiences with the outside world help to fine tune the brain's responses to stimulation and enhance skills such as speech.
1) Identify a stage of development (infancy, adolescence, late adulthood, etc.) and discuss some of the biological, cognitive, and psychosocial changes associated with that stage.
2) Provide an example of how environmental factors effect change in this stage of development and discuss how this interaction is significant.