Assignment task:
Reflecting on your early childhood, which experiences may have had the most significant impact on modifying your structural genome? Include at least one negative and positive influence along with how they may have altered your developmental trajectory.
Please write in the first person. Use your own words. Do not use AI to generate an answer. 200-300 words.
- Include in-text citations and full references (not part of word count).
- Cite and reference primary texts, not modules.
- Format references properly - second and subsequent lines indented.
- Use concise writing and stay within the word count/reach word count.
- Use simple descriptive language rather than broad generalizations/conclusions.
- Generalizations must be cited. These tend to start with "I believe" or state broad conclusions like, "infant mental health is important/secure attachments are ideal." Use examples and cite any word/words/concepts/ideas pulled from a text to avoid this type of writing.
- Indent paragraphs (as per APA). Paragraphs are approximately 5 sentences in length and include 1 idea.
Use at least one of the following references:
Belsky, J., & de Haan, M. (2011). Annual research review: Parenting and children's brain development: The end of the beginning. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 52(4), 409-428. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02281.x
Beren, A. E., & Nelson, C. A. (2019). Neurobiology of fetal and infant development: Implications of infant mental health. In C. H. Zeanah (Ed.), Handbook of Infant Mental Health (4th ed., pp. 41-46). New York: Guilford Press.
Gross, D. (2018). Infancy: Development from birth to age 3 (3rd ed., pp. 131-135). Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield.