PSY 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Road Rules, Differential Susceptibility Hypothesis, Psych
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The concept of double checking or confirming. How much each contributes in not a fixed amount, but instead varies per instance. Differential susceptibility ( diathesis stress model ) posits that each person has a genetic threshold for environmental influences to trigger an internal event: example people have varying sensitivity to particular experiences. Example learning to drive: biosocial, fine motor skills, cognitive, depth perception, remembering road rules. Judgement - timing and decision making: psychosocial, cultural expectations and rewards of driving, family / community capacity to teach you to drive. Exosystem external networks and community structures: school, family, house of worship, medical institutions, mass media, transportation systems. Macrosystem cultural & social attitudes, policies, and conditions. Dylan lives in a place where public policy requires parents to put their children in car seats, and where children must go to school during the day: macrosystem.
