PSYC23H3 Lecture : Lecture3_Jan26.docx
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Everything similar to the mother: voice, what moms tell you, accent, food, maybe not just preference but also enjoyment, has lasting effect on development/health outcome. Dutch famine study show signs of epigenetic factors. Injury from earlier on in life, which has an immediate effect, but has a long term effect as well: epigenetic marks change the way your genes/dna behaves; affects gene expression. You can create thru breeding that have smart rats. Rats reared in isolation out-performs socially reared in certain tasks. Creates way to relate to learning tasks. More complex the environment (books, people, etc) more stimulatory experiences and more opportunities for skill training. Monkey evidence: deprivation most boring toy, raised in lab slightly more interesting toy, wild complex toy. A leaf either turn into another leaf or a flower. So a fundamental thing can turn into different things. Banker was kidnapped, developed with their captor. Parents play role in how stressed out we are and how we recover.
