PSYCH 2AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Fusiform Face Area, Animacy, Joint Attention
11 Mar 2014
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Psych 2aa3- social cognition - june 11, 2013. Isolated monkey s could not function, but with monkey therapists aka younger infant monkeys, there was some improvements. We can not be without social contact. Humans are born quite early to make up for large brains at birth so that baby head can fit through woman pelvis. Theory that social pressures lead to large brain. Living in a groups takes a lot of brain work a lot of specialized skills. These social pressures have lead to humans having such large brains. Adult chimps and orangutans and 2. 5 yr old children. Physical domain- object permanence, memory of object location, etc. Social domain- understanding people"s cues, considering the attentional states of others, communicating to receive food. Physical domain- all 3 groups performed at the same level. Social domain- the children were a lot more socially competent.
