PSY321H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Imitative Learning, Emoji, Subculture
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Culture somehow influences our nervous system and how it behaves and the types of things it produces. Nervous systems help you learn and adapt to your env"t. in essence, the purpose is to respond to variability and help organisms deal with variability. Without a nervous system, problem solving wouldn"t be possible. Culture is incredibly imp b/c it pro"v an overarching framework that helps us experience the world and thus have a big impact on ones psycho"l and behaviour. If you look at what and how we know, they are incredibly biased and don"t capture humanity in a representative way. 68% of all ss in psychology are from us. Most of what we know comes from americans. Most research relies on western, educated and well off countries. Even more problematic is most psycho"l ss are undergrads. It is a matter of convenience that do not cost researchers anything.
