PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Collectivism, Culture Shock

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Dan Meegan

Document Summary

Module 12: nurture culture, gender and other environmental influences. How does experience shape who we are? experience and brain development the role of parents and peers in development cultural influences on development: behavior, identity, child rearing gender development, biology, roles, socialization/child rearing. Nature/nurture from genes to the role of environment. How environment/experience affects brain development forces guiding the course of development: parents, peers, culture. Experience and brain development rats living in an enriched environment (more social interaction and physical play) experiences a greater growth in brain size and complexity. Brain development means growth and pruning to make our well-used brain pathways, work better the unused connections are pruned away this means that if certain abilities are not used, they will fade away. Impact of experience/future on brain development repeated practice at a finger-tapping task begins to activate a larger group of motor neurons. Parents have more influence on : cooperation, self-discipline responsibility, charitableness, style of interaction with authority figures religion.