01:830:333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Decision-Making, Autonomic Nervous System, Genetic Testing

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:333
• Professor: E.Mayhew

Document Summary

Class 3 research: early adolescent 11-14 yrs old, middle- 15-18, late- 18-21. Dichotomy- 2 choices, both can be right: nature nurture. Nature: inborn, biological givens, based on genetic inheritance. Nurture: physical and social world, both influence biological and psychological development, research shows that in what people look at, they have bias. Self-decision (free choice: u decided whtchu wana do. * only 10% of humans have high reactivity. * pairing reactive money with cool mom so monkey becomes daring but goes back to being nervous if put in extreme situations. * nurture by having a calm mom but it you take that away, monkey goes back to its genes/nature: theory- drives research. An orderly, integrated, evidence-based set of statements that. Predicts behavior: research begins with questions. Longitudinal: same participants studied repeatedly at different ages. 3: takes a long time, gives u an individual curve. Cross-sectional: people of differing ages all studied at the same time: gives u an average curve.