PSY310H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Reward System, Limbic System, Silent Treatment
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Key time for dev. of autonomy for a lot of reasons. But it does not begin in adol. Terrible twos - where at 2 yrs of age children show inc in defiant behavior. But psychologists see it as healthy period of childhood (western) Childhood"s beginning of autonomy that can control their decisions and actions. But adol is special because of the transitions we talked about: biological like puberty inc in emotional distant bw adol and parents. Thus adol becomes less emotionally dependent on parents which is a sign of autonomy dev. - known as emotional autonomy. Shift on focus from family to friends and later romantic partners. Also cognitive changes- increasingly capable of thinking abstractly and relativistic ally so they questions those around them like parents. Whereas in childhood you really did not questions your parents. But now you think and question about your parents view-points because of thinking ability and exposure to other views.
