Most people, like me, might be surprised when they saw human development part in the psychology textbook. After reading chapter 11, I realized that human development is essential to learn about why and how our psychological state is changed throughout our lives. It is important to notice that the word 'development' used in 'human development' actually means not only 'improved' but also 'degraded' which means that the word 'development' is used more likely to the word 'change'. In this chapter the influence of early experience was intriguing because what I have known as a truth was myth that we should try to avoid. It is true that early experiences have great impact on human's brain development and their behavior. There are two myths that we should not believe it: infant determinism and childhood fragility.
Generally, people tend to exaggerate the influence of experience in early ages called infant determinism. People tried to provide anything they could to early age children in order to give great amount of positive experience. According to textbook, it's overreacting. Even though the early age experience is important, it doesn't mean that later experience is worthless. Experience in infant stage does not determine one's future.
Moreover, many people including me often think that children are not able to handle any kind of stresses which is also a myth called childhood fragility. Children are normally stronger than commonly thought so that they can handle even traumatic situation such as kidnapping or sexual abuse. Of course, some of them end up with long term negative influences. I realized that in order to go through tough society well, encountering only affirmative situation is not the answer.
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Great Job! I had a bit of difficulty with some of the wording, but otherwise right on track.