Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Visual Acuity, Jean Piaget, Moro Reflex

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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438-445: if an indidivudal was completely unable to experience arousal, but still reported an experience of emotion, this would argue strongly against which theory of emotion, james-lange (without arousal you don"t have emotion) Left frontal lobe more involved in positive emotions, right in negative. More activity in left when watching happy films, more in right for sad/disgusting films. Stagelike development: discontinuous, stages separated by rapid growth, qualitative difference, ex. Continuous development: smooth, continual change, quantitative difference (degree, amount, ex. Normative: typical sequence of change, look for consistency, methodology is cross-sectional (age differences, quicker. Individual: consistency not there, look at individual, methodology is longitudinal (group of three year olds and track the same group, takes a lot longer, costs more, but better information. Increase in weight (350-1400 g) due to glial cells and myelination (adding synapses (neural connections) but not neurons) Cortical development mirrors" emergence of abilities: frontal lobe develops last.