PSYC 420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Urie Bronfenbrenner, Lev Vygotsky, Ecological Systems Theory
18 Feb 2017
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Brain as computer: input= sensory information, output= behavioral response. No stages, the idea was that we are all born with processes in place that help up process information and they are constantly built on throughout life. Incorporates psychology, biology, neuroscience, and medicine to study relationships between changes in the brain, cognitive processing and behavioral patterns. Adaptive value of behavior and its evolutionary history. Behavior patterns that promote survival: imprinting, critical periods vs. sensitive periods. Criti(cid:272)al periods: if it does(cid:374)"t o(cid:272)(cid:272)ur at a (cid:272)ertai(cid:374) ti(cid:373)e the(cid:374) it (cid:449)o(cid:374)"t o(cid:272)(cid:272)ur at all. Development occurs within a complex system affected by multiple levels of the environment. Microsystem: school, immediate family, neighborhood play area. Mesosystem: looking at the relationship of the different aspects of the microsystem (the connection between school, immediate family, and play area) E(cid:454)os(cid:455)ste(cid:373): i(cid:374)(cid:272)ludes so(cid:272)ial setti(cid:374)gs that affe(cid:272)t the (cid:272)hild"s e(cid:454)periences (cid:894)e(cid:454)te(cid:374)ded fa(cid:373)il(cid:455), (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)it(cid:455) health ser(cid:448)i(cid:272)es, pare(cid:374)t"s (cid:449)orkpla(cid:272)e, friends and neighbors)
