PSYC 391 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Construals, Life History Theory, Psych

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 391
• Professor: Tanya Broesch

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Recap: individuals adapt distinct conceptual construal"s in accordance with culturally infused systems such as language and discourse, knowledge and beliefs. And epistemological orientations the way we study it may result is wrong results. concepts and culture: concepts are typically understood as having distinct domains paper: results might be inaccurate because of the way we study it. How we gather knowledge and make sense of this world. The way we study- the intention of others (may not be important) Theory of mind= helps make decisions about others. Describing characteristics of play across culture ( to better understand) Learning mechanism practice adult skills e. g. playing house, building a house, cooking anything they see adults doing e. g. gathering, foraging. Age, sex, kid of food foraged and amount. Mental models- reality vs play; how they distinguish fantasy vs reality. Benefits to play- beyong and contributes to work force.