Your Friend Alex and Katya Are Concerned That Their 9-Month-Old

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Essay

Your friend Alex and Katya are concerned that their 9-month-old daughter Mariana often uses her left hand to pick up objects. Alex and Katya are both right-handed, and they do not want Mariana to be left-handed because it is a right-handed world. What can you tell your friends about the roles of heredity and environment in the development of hand preference?

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Definitions:

Early Experience

Early experience refers to the events, environments, and interactions an individual is exposed to during the initial stages of life, which can significantly influence their development and behavior.

Observing Children's Behavior

The process of watching, noting, and recording the actions and interactions of children in order to understand their developmental progress and behavior patterns.

Psychosexual Development

Freud's theory that child development is a series of stages during which the pleasure-seeking energies of the id become focused on certain erogenous areas.

Oedipus Complex

A Freudian theory that refers to a child's feelings of desire for their opposite-sex parent and jealousy and envy towards their same-sex parent.