PSY BEH 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Killdeer, Altricial, Hominidae
11 Apr 2019
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Valuable insights into parenting and teaching methods. Important implications for public policy, like child labor laws, elder care. Children through history were viewed as small adults. Children were expected to engage in contributing to workforce from a young age. Long versus short developmental periods owls, marsupials, humans, and great apes. Most species must be ready to fend for themselves after short amount of time. Altricial species require care and nourishment for a long time after birth like hawks, We look for patterns in the world around us; why are things the way they are. We go about making them based on our own filtered experience. Scientific theories are broad, organized explanations about development phenomena. Gratification is centered around the mouth (breastfeeding, sucking ) Gratification around the pleasure of defecation; toilet training is an issue to resolve and develop. Gratification is centered around the genital region; masturbation. Resolution through identifying with the same sex parent.
