PSYC 2110 Lecture 4: Lecture 4 - Epigenetics & Self-Regulation
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multiple choice; like quizzes 120 questions. cover material from textbook & lecture material. human brains evolved to point that s too big to pass through birth canal. thus: secondary altriciality : born immature then grow: pruning of redundant and non-functional connections through dyadic interactions between caregiver and child, attachment makes these interactions possible. 2 free years of free learning: gross brain anatomy is inherited, function is shaped by selection pressures. usual way to think dichotomy: nature: genes for brain structures, nurture: parenting, education, culture, etc. we cannot have nurture without the brains! if grow up in famine: you will be smaller than your genes allowed (growth stunted: mothers pelvis = smaller. head size: evolved trait: next generation with no famine, head size will revert to type and end up bigger than birth canal.