PSYB20H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sigmund Freud, Ethology, Eyelid
PSYB20 - Lecture 01 - Introduction to Developmental Psychology
Study of Child Development
-Covers entire lifespan
-Just covering adolescences
Why Study Development?
-Parents will know whether what is normal and what is abnormal
oWhen is there a concern, etc.
-How to make the lives of children better w policy and law
-Understanding human nature
oWhat causes a psychopath?
oWhat could have been done in the early stages
oHow to help future generations from preventing the development of an adult
psychopath
Contexts of Development:
-Nuclear and extended are the most influential on the child
-2 million word gap: Children’s parents who went to university, their children know 2
million more words than children’s parents that did not
-Level of income does not over power education level when impacting SES
Normative vs Nonnormative Influences:
-Non-normative is less common
-Social media is history graded
oit is something that recently blew up
-Normative age-graded: influences based on age group
-Normative history-graded:
Critical or Sensitive Periods:
-Imprinting:
oThe way of learning that once it happens, it cannot be reversed
oThis has only been proven with animals, not humans
-Critical:
oHumans developed critical period and not imprinting as strongly
1
find more resources at oneclass.com
find more resources at oneclass.com
We are cognitive beings and we can better adapt
It is an impact of human society, people exist within larger families and
imprinting occurs w that one person
Adoption would be harder
oIf child does not get it within that period, they will not be able to get it anymore
oMonocular Deprivation
If the child is not corrected, the brain rewires and sees things incorrectly
The eyelid is shut and the brain will only develop only on one side
If this were to occur to an adult, there is only slight rewiring to adapt to the
situation
Active or Passive:
-Active: internal
-Passive: taking in the surrounding environment, before acting
Theories of Child Development:
1. Psychoanalytic
a. Sigmund Freud
a.i. Id, ego , superego
b. Erik Erikson
b.i. 8 stage across the lifespan
b.ii. At each stage there is an opposite aspect to which the kid might develop
b.ii.1. Ex. Trust vs. mistrust the parent
2. Learning:
a. Behaviourism
a.i. Observation of behaviours, rather than understanding why someone is
doing it, concentration is on the action
a.ii. Classical conditioning:
a.ii.1. “Little Albert”: was given a toy and then a loud fucking bell
was sounded so the lil man was fucking scared
a.ii.1.a. So manz scared of Santa Claus and bunnies and
shit
a.iii. Operant conditioning:
2
find more resources at oneclass.com
find more resources at oneclass.com
Document Summary
Psyb20 - lecture 01 - introduction to developmental psychology. Parents will know whether what is normal and what is abnormal: when is there a concern, etc. How to make the lives of children better w policy and law. Understanding human nature: what causes a psychopath, what could have been done in the early stages, how to help future generations from preventing the development of an adult psychopath. Nuclear and extended are the most influential on the child. 2 million word gap: children"s parents who went to university, their children know 2 million more words than children"s parents that did not. Level of income does not over power education level when impacting ses. Social media is history graded: it is something that recently blew up. Normative age-graded: influences based on age group. Imprinting: the way of learning that once it happens, it cannot be reversed, this has only been proven with animals, not humans.
