PSY 322 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Penis Envy, Reinforcement, Developmental Psychology
8 Mar 2016
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Begins at conceptions and continues throughout the lifespan. Sexual pleasure derived from someone outside the family. Understand the world through coordination of senses and actions. Understands the world through language and mental imagery. Understand the world through logical thinking and categorization. Understand the world through hypothetical thinking and scientific reasoning. Born into society that gives us cultural tools. Just above difficulty level helps when learning. Believed that we learn from looking at other people. Eg: parents who do not see value in education may have children who have problems with teachers. Exosystem: links in social settings where person does not have active. Mom loses job, stresses rest of family interactions. Macrosystem: culture in which individuals live, patterns of behavior or role belief. Where we develop and gain certain skills at certain periods in times. Pop 1: poor cognitive functioning and developmental delays. Outcome of two populations of severely deprived orphans. Pop 2: different pattern of cognitive functioning and substantial catch.
