PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Reductionism, Neuroglia, Stress Management
3 Apr 2017
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Id desire to want to have fun. Genetics, maturation and learning interact in a continuous process across the lifespan. Marshmallow test: give kids a marshmallow, either get one now or get 2 if they wait. Some things you know about psychology are wrong. The mozart effect is widely accepted and promoted by media: playing classical music will make your children smarter (wrong, done on young adults, only spatial reasoning, effect lasts 15 mins. Long lasting effects: spawn of self-help books and media misinterpretation of findings, leaps in logical practical application, changes in government policy. Evolution by natural selection is the ultimate cause of proximal behaviours. Thrifty genotype is promoted in feast or famine environment. Rise of agriculture and civilization stabilized vulnerability to feast or famine environments. Perspectives in psychology change the focus of research questions we pursue and the type of answers we find. Behaviourist model: disorders are the external overt behaviours, therapy established through conditioning and generalization, limitations.
