Genetic psychology call the area which is engaged in studying origin and development of mentality of living beings. She investigates mentality of animals, children, adults. It was established that the mentality develops on certain stages and passes from the lowest forms to the highest. Scientists devoted much time to the childhood and youth, but today interests moved by a maturity, an old age and approach by death. For genetic psychology Jean Piaget – the famous Swiss scientist and the psychologist made much. He carried out a set of works on studying psychology of children and laid the foundation for modern science.
Genetic method in psychology
This method is of particular importance. It investigates development of personality or other mental phenomenon, studies genetics of personal mental features, finds out a ratio of roles of a gene and Wednesday in its formation. It is possible to call it way of a research of the natural social phenomena on the analysis of their development.
The genetic principle in psychology
Formation of human mentality is closely connected with society and its orders. If to trust the theory of evolution, our mentality has property to change together with society. It can develop in two types – when forming the child and at formation of the human race. Many psychologists consider that formation of mentality is identical at development of a primitive sort and the individual. Stages of development of mentality are fixed in nervous formations and thus are descended, but personal development can stop or accelerate that depends on a social situation. Thus, mental development depends on our environment, on education and an environment.
Genetic memory in psychology
Genetic memory stores information in a genotype. Such memory is descended and remains. What mechanism remembers this information? Scientists came to the general conclusion that this mechanism are mutations and subsequent changes of gene structures. Genetic memory is the only memory which it is impossible to affect through training or education. Memory of experience of our ancestors is presented by nervous structures of a brain.
The genetic psychology of Jean Piaget allowed to make a set of discoveries and to find an explanation for certain phenomena. Nevertheless, scientists continue works of the great researcher – a set of details are disputable still.