PSY321H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Encephalization Quotient, Imitative Learning, Encephalization
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In many ways, humans seem ill adapted to survive. We rely on culture more than any other species, allowing us to succeed in diverse environments, and affecting our thoughts and behaviours. People from different cultures also differ in their psychology. Major theme: psychological processes are shaped by experiences. Psychological processes are constrained by the neurological structure of the brain which is virtually identical around the world. Major theme: universal and culturally variable psychologies. No single consensual answer that applies to all fields. In the book, it is used to mean two different things. To indicate a particular kind of information that is acquired from other members of one"s species through social learning that is capable of affecting an individual"s behaviour. Any idea, belief, technology, habit, or practice that is acquired through learning from others. To indicate a particular group of individuals who are existing within some kind of shared context. E. g. same cultural institutions, engage in similar cultural practices.
