PSY 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Biopsychosocial Model, Genetic Predisposition, Logical Reasoning

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: N/ A

Document Summary

3 issues in development: nature vs nurture. Do traits that occur as a child stay with one throughout life or do people change: universal vs. context-specific. Helix represents life; life is not a smooth line. There are diff experiences and we respond diff to each event. Or it could be the same event but at different times of life: the way we respond depends when this event occurs. Pregnancy; the response for a person who is pregnant at 25 will be diff from someone who is 15 or 55. Learning theory: since environment is the only thing that can be observed, it is the only aspect that is influential. Operant conditioning: reinforcement: to increase the likelihood of a behaviour. Negative: removing something unpleasant to increase a behaviour. Headache; take a pill; the headache is gone. In the future, this response will be more likely.