PSYC23H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: The Smell, Fixed Action Pattern, Thumb Sucking
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Lecture 1: background: appreciating the type of questions addressed in the field & michel reading. Risk factors for bad intelligence: minority status, occupation , mother education, fam size, life events, parenting, anxiety huge variation of illness not explained by ses even more so in countries with less economic disparity. How biology inherently affects our psychological needs bidirectional how they develop over time evolution influence our present sit. Hardwired behaviors (instincts) that can be conditioned (eg fight flight, coping) Identify critical experiences that shape individ differences in that behavior. Identify mechanisms that underlie those invid differences in behavior similar q"s: Chronic = bad for physical and mental moderate brief periods of stress=adaptive and enhance your learning and social competence. Continuity in mental, behavior, and physiological processes among species. Prior adaptation and individ variation both contribute to mental , behave and physio devel. Research in past -introduce chaos pull babies apart separation anxiety.
