PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture Notes - Attention, Parietal Lobe, Amusic
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Evaluating claims: (e. g. the infertile vs. adoption myth/theory & the increase of babies born on a full moon) Interactions between science, media & public can lead to erroneous beliefs. The interaction and misconceptions of the mixture between the ingredients: first time with unusual (alcoholic) flavours. (media report, situational specificity of tolerance (scientific report) Nature vs. nurture; genetics vs. environment: questions; the relation between genetics and environment during a lifetime. Testing predisposition for alcoholism: giving a young child under monitored environment and testing their intoxication level (high, giving someone who have had alcohol before and testing their intoxication level (low) Special method must be used to answer research questions if developmental psychology: Preference method; preference of one stimulus over another. Babies and faces is a preference for faces innate: using the preference method; approximated a face like stimulus, tested with face-like-stimulus vs. non-face-like-stimulus, results; child preferred the more face-like-stimulus.
