PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Parental Investment, Sexual Selection, Parental Leave
18 May 2016
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Marshmallow test monica and the two siblings. Low restraint (drug use, higher divorce, higher health problems) and high restraint (high sat scores, better working memory) This task is the ability to delay gratification. (people who use drugs know that you have instant gratification and then a bad fallout. This is shown with the low restraint people. ) Taps into the ability to make decisions as an adult. Birth order matters (first borns are more competitive. Ways to test babies: habituation (show the same patterned until the baby is bored of the image because they are so used to it. Test #1: shown the same stimulus again, and the baby is still bored. Test #2: shown a new stimulus and the baby is excited. Helps with visual acuity: preference (face preference is more complex and it is innate. Babies like to look at the complexity of faces.
