PSY312H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Epigenetics, Behaviorism, Neurogenesis
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Purpose of the course: to understand the mechanisms & processes that drive development, how they relate to the nature and function of cognition. Page 2: preliminary bibliography of 5 sources (indicating relevant material for your topic) e. g. articles from peer-reviewed journals. Development - plasticity: plasticity = architectural change in the brain, synaptogenesis (not the same thing as acquiring new content or even functions; changes capacity for acquiring function = new machine, neurogenesis (throughout the lifespan, redeployment/exaptation. People are saying that this shouldn"t be a conflict but rather an interaction, g by e. Used to think that genes caused a trait; then a little less extreme and. Used to say this to differentiate darwinian theory (right) from people say genes trait range. Now we are realizing that it is not that simple; epigenetics says that acquired traits actually can be passed on, there is a level above the actual gene which is gene expression.
