PSY 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Harry Harlow, Stella Chess, The Roots

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 202
• Professor: Kathleen Fortune

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Chapter 10: human development how and why we change. Identify ways to think scientifically about developmental findings. Clarify how nature and nurture can contribute to development. Post hoc fallacy: the mistake of assuming that because a comes before b, a must cause b. E. g. because nearly 100% of serial killers drank milk as children, milk drinking creates mass murderers. E. g. if children who are shy are more likely to become engineers, we could easily imagine plausible arguments for how shyness might lead to interests in engineering. Human development is always a two-way street. Child(cid:396)e(cid:374)"s e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)es i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e thei(cid:396) de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, (cid:271)ut thei(cid:396) de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t also i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)es thei(cid:396) experiences. Pa(cid:396)e(cid:374)ts i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e thei(cid:396) (cid:272)hild(cid:396)e(cid:374)"s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396), (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h i(cid:374) tu(cid:396)(cid:374) feeds (cid:271)a(cid:272)k to i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e thei(cid:396) pa(cid:396)e(cid:374)ts, and so on. Children change their environments by acting in ways that create changes in the behaviours of their parents, siblings, friends, and teachers. Pop psychology is unidirectional explanations: attempt to explain development in terms of a one- headed arrow.