[PSYC 391] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (36 pages long)

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 391
• Professor: Tanya Broesch

Document Summary

Whats the point, whats the method used and whats the evidence (sub arguments) Why study other societies: explore human variation and how we all think. Cross species, cross cultural and animals and look at it through this perspective. Humans are cultural and variable: therefore must look at other perspectives (triangulation, evidence from studies on social learning, cooperation and collaboration, pro- sociality, theory of mind. Developmental: kids over imitate- at 2 years. They imitate casually irrelevant actions, when they can see that its causally irrelevant. Cross-species: chimpanzees also over imitate, but not when they can see thats its a functionally irrelevant action. Seems like their motivation for over imitation is different (want a reward= not altruistic) than the kids (to be social). Cross- cultural: evidence for over imitation in diverse societies. Could be common across diverse human societies. Meaning that it changes with age (11-24 months for example)