Psychology 2042A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: School Refusal, Emotional Expression, Social Learning Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2042A/B
• Professor: Jeff St.Pierre

Document Summary

Significant adults in jorge"s life have not been responding to him with sensitivity, so it"s not surprising that his behaviour has not grown over time. Since no single theoretical orientation can explain various behaviours or disorders, we must be familiar with many theories and conceptual models. Organization of development: change and reorganization are fundamental aspects of biological and behavioural systems. Sensitive periods - windows of time during which environmental influences on development are enhanced - infants and emotional cues, toddlers and the basic sounds of language. Scientists believe that brain functions undergo continual changes as they adapt to environmental demands. Females - xx: the expression of genetic influences is malleable and responsive to the social environment. Molecular genetics: directly assess the association between variations in dna sequences and variations in a particular trait or traits, variations in genes are thought to cause variations in the trait, genetic influences are probabilistic rather than deterministic.