Brain Growth and Cognitive Development
Brain growth is related to cognitive development. Cognitive development involves the psychological and neurological growth which is evaluated basing on the level of perception, conception, language and information processing to indicate brain growth. Cognitive development progresses with brain development which means that it develops with age as human cognisance and thoughts of the world grows from childhood to adulthood. Piaget theory of cognitive development gives normal intellectual development from childhood to adulthood.
Influence of Environment and Genetics on Intelligence
Like many human characteristics, intelligence is a complex trait that is influenced by both environmental and genetic factors. Intelligence consists of the ability to solve, plan, think, understand and reason. Intelligence is normally measured using IQ. The environment strongly influences intelligence. This includes factors like child's parenting and home environment, education and nutrition. A person's genes and environment influence each other, and it can be challenging to tease apart the impacts of the environment from those genetics (Sanchez-Roige, 2018). Many scientists believe that there is an IQ Reaction Range. This is the hereditary limits placed on IQ. Heredity places limits on the IQ that may be attainable by a particular person. The environment comes in to determine the location in this limits that an IQ of a person will fall.
Environmental Impact on Personality
In early 1920, Ruth Benedict established that the environment had a strong influence on personality. Most human facts are affected by the environment apart from genes. Most of the aspects of the environmental impacts and modify our personality. These comprise of the people and the place we live with. The experiences in our lives and the people we connect with such as friends, family and the community, in general, can modify our personalities.
References
Sanchez-Roige. (2018). The genetics of human personality. PubMed, 17(3).
