PSYCH 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Prenatal Development, Developmental Psychology, Design Of Experiments
26 Oct 2016
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Psych 1101 lecture 24 creating smart behavior from simple mechanisms. How to think like a developmental psychologist: what are the perceptual capacities of the organism, what environmental structure is available that the organism can perceive and use, experience=perception. Where does adaptive behavior come from: braitenberg, v. (1984). Vehicles: experiments in synthetic psychology: presented robots to light, fear and aggression (wiring pattern: + + bottom) One is afraid /turns away (wires not crossed), one is aggressive /turns toward (wires crossed) We don"t see the inside of the robot. Don"t assume simple mechanism, we assume that they feel : love and exploration/promiscuity. Wires not crossed slowly approaches light (wiring pattern: - - bottom) Wires crossed is off course: adaptive stable patterns of behavior are not from a simple source, it is a result of a combination of sources (internal and external) Secure base behavior baby and mom: preference for familiar odors and patterns more rewarding , attachment isn"t about instinct.
