PSYT 400D2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: U.S. Route 35, Cultural Psychology, Individualism
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Chapter 5: development and socialization: culture shapes many of the norms that govern our behaviour. Universal brains develop into culturally variable minds: starting assumption of cultural psychology is that we are all cultural beings, one key distinguishable adaption of humans from chimpanzees was the ability to learn and accumulate cultural information so well. This is what allowed us to survive in diverse environments: our universal biological foundation is shaped by our experiences. Sensitive periods for cultural socialization later on. relatively easy acquisition of a set of skills: human cultural learning continues through the lifespan, although the, sensitive period: the period of time in an organism"s development that allows for. It is difficult to master a language if you start learning it after the sensitive period has expired. Sensitive periods for acquiring culture: learning a language is a necessary aspect of being socialized into a particular culture.
