PSYC21H3 Midterm: Mid-Term Review
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*know different studies and their details covered in lecture (possible short answer q) What was measured, what did the study show Understand how it applies to the 3 phases of separation. Know his key arguments (what did he contribute in the paper) long answer q. Implications on social brain and the differences across species. big brain due to unique life history, therefore cause of longer maturation periods. dunbar, disagrees doesn"t explain the advantage of a large brain. another alternative reason provided was due to demands of foraging activities (mental representations) Squirrels and bigger mammals have similar foraging activities, but doesn"t explain the differences in brain size therefore not really cause of ecological reasons. Dunbar"s idea: mach intelligence hypothesis/sbh how the complexity of the social environment caused us to develop larger brains. Reasons in lecture slides (ex: freq. of get together, tactile deception) Dissociation b/w those w/pairbonds and those who don"t.
