PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Morning Sickness, Hackney Carriage, Solitary Confinement

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: Ashley Waggoner Denton

Document Summary

According to darwin and william james (functionalism), to change is to adapt. These adaptations can be in response to evolution or personal and developmental changes (brain plasticity in the london cab drivers). Adaptations are described as the physical characteristics, skills or abilities that increase the chances of reproduction or survival and are therefore likely to be passed along to future generations. Emotions are immediate and specific responses to environmental events. These are not the same as moods because moods are more diffuse than emotions and tend to not be linked to any particular event (no source of the mood). They involve both physiological and cognitive components (thoughts and interpretations of the event can elicit a fight or flight response). For example, if there is a lion, the emotional response is to be scared, which initiates fight or flight to help you get away as fast as you can.