PSY 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Scrotum, Joint Attention, Semen
21 Nov 2016
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In both studies the genes showed no effect on the mental health outcomes in individuals who had not been exposed to risk . Low maoa and short 5-htt: larger amygdala responses (key brain area in processing emotional stimuli) to fearful or angry faces. Low maoa: less activity in frontal area (key brain area for planning and control), smaller area related to cognitive control. Under optimal circumstances, orchid (high reactive genotype) children develop as well. Chapter 2: developmental theories operant conditioning and social learning. Chapter 3: genes and environment genetic testing. Bolded in chapter or put in red in notes! Read a vignette, identify, and apply ideas from class, look at figure/graph and interpret. Ways individuals and environments influence each other and development: How they are occurring and the role of genetics. Broader influences on development: age-graded influences, age norms, social clock, time in history and place in culture cohort effects. Performance/achi evement in domain (one line describes physical, cognitive, psychosocial)
