PSYC 1004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Harry Harlow, Sigmund Freud, Terrycloth
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Child psychology- focus on childhood, on human children, wants to describe behavior of children. Ex: does violence on tv have the same effects on children of different ages. Ex: -schizophrenic moms- said loved children, but cause developmental damage because they are unloving mothers, spend little physical contact. Choo-choo monkeys, harry harlow coined term, not a lot of physical contact from mothers, will be socially and sexually inept, usually in corner of room, rocking behavior, if more than one, they synchronize rocking pattern. Harry harlow idea of terry cloth towel, will improve developmental outcome of monkeys. Children of depressed moms, act normally, but time of school they can"t process facial expressions correctly. Child abuse, most likely to become a child abuser if abused earlier in life. Shows intelligence decreases longitudinal: asks are there age related changes? (developmental question) iq changes with age, used same people across time.
