AI Tutor

Premium Lesson

Upgrade to unlock this lesson, practice questions, and your personal tutor.

This lesson is part of a track

Public learning track

Biological and Environmental Foundations of Human Development

9th Grade · Social Studies · US-IA-SS

8 lessons

Goal

Analyze how genetics, epigenetics, prenatal environments, and sociocultural systems interact to shape developmental trajectories across the lifespan.

8 lessons
0 of 8 done
  1. Epigenetics: How Environmental Factors Regulate Gene ExpressionUp next
  2. Twin and Adoption Studies in Developmental PsychologyNot started yet
  3. Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Model of DevelopmentNot started yet
  4. Critical Periods Versus Sensitive Periods in MaturationNot started yet
  5. Teratogens and Prenatal Environmental RisksNot started yet
  6. Biological, Cognitive, and Social Theories of Gender DevelopmentNot started yet
  7. Epigenetic Adaptations to Early Life Stress and TraumaNot started yet
  8. Cross-Sectional Versus Longitudinal Developmental Research DesignsYou are here
View full track

Learning standards covered

us-iaSS.9-12.Psy.19Iowa Social Studies Standards · 6th Grade

Analyze how biological and environmental factors shape human development.

us-iaSS.9-12.Psy.20Iowa Social Studies Standards · 6th Grade

Identify key features of physical, cognitive, and social development from prenatal through older adulthood.