PSYC 364 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Menstruation, Social Isolation, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
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Implies that mother(cid:495)s naturally love and take care of their children. Implies that father(cid:495)s don(cid:495)t have to take care of children, or that they aren(cid:495)t biologically capable to love and care for children. Nurturing children can be explained by biology. Women are twice as likely to abuse or neglect children than men, but have to look at the fact that mothers are typically with children a lot more. There are a lot of single mother households, living in poverty, other stressors etc. Murders of children equally likely for fathers and mothers. Depressed after depression of having a child, overlooked because can be charged with infanticide. women are supposed to be innately in love with their children. Isolation-reared monkeys: peer-reared monkeys groups, displayed self-injurious behavior and seemed to be unable to. Harlow took moneys at birth and isolated them and the impact was quite profound. Lots of rocking behavior, didn(cid:495)t fit in well with social mate.