Research Paper #2 : *This paper should be based on ONE of the 12 chapters in the book. · This should be a subject in which you are interested and in which you want to demonstrate knowledge and...

Running Head: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT        1
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT        5
REVIEWING CHAPTER 8
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Human Development
    It is interesting to understand how an embryo in the womb of the female become a child and a child to grow become adult and then grow old. Biology, environment and society influence the development of the individual in all phases of the human development until it reaches its end, which is death. Human development is a method of studying the changes occur in humans during their lifespan. As noted by Steffen et al. (2015), nature and nurture play significant role in shaping the individual. Nature includes influence of heredity on personality, social interaction and intellectual growth. Nurture refers to impact of the environment in upbringing the individual such as economic factor, parenting style and physical surroundings.
    The building block of life is DNA. As suggested by Nadeau (2017), DNA consists of instructions for trait of the organism. Genes that are present of DNA govern characters. Each gene consists of character that influence the personality of the individual. For example, gene of height decides whether the individual is tall or dwarf. If tallness in gene is dominating, then individual have tall height. Similarly, hair color, skin color and other characters are influence by genes.
    Human developments start by process of fertilization, in which egg and sperm are fused to form zygote, which attach in uterus of the women and develops to become a child. prenatal development is divided into three stages. These three stages consist of germinal period, embryonic period and critical period. In germinal...