PSY 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Behaviorism, Individualism, Incest
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Experience and brain development pattern of development: genes (nature) dictate a, experience (nurture) E. g. , enriched vs. impoverished connections to develop environments: pruning. Your early brain is like a synapses and neurons unslcupted piece of rock or an unmolded piece of clay. The most efficient and popular connections are strengthened: neural plasticity. The ability of the brain to reorganize itself in the face of differential stimulation. Parents think they do: satisfaction and pride, disappointment and shame or guilt. Only 10% of variation due to shared environment: extreme bad parenting, the abused can become abusers. Neglect: neglect in orphanages, withdrawn, anxious, lower iqs. Feral children social skills: never fully acquire intellectual and, http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=qyqbndj. Values: e. g. , punctuality, charitableness, honesty, competitiveness. Attitudes: e. g. , the homeless, authority figures, freedom of expression. The attitudes and standards of behaviour expected of members of a particular group. Speech & gestures: accents, slang, greetings. Selection effects: norms vary from culture to culture, https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=bt0kz.