PSYCH 3JJ3 Lecture Notes - Psychopathology, Social Anxiety Disorder, Marsupial

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 3JJ3
• Professor: Louis A Schmidt

Document Summary

Biological preparedness for social interaction ex. infant and mother smiling at each other. Differences in temperament ex. joey and kate. From biological rhythms (ex. sleep-wake) to social rhythms: acquisition of biological regulatory skills interactional synchrony (ex. mother- child smile, development of biological rhythms that help babies deal with the time-based nature of social interaction. Being able to regulate sleep-wake, hunger, etc. Visual preparation for social interactions: babies attracted to visual social stimuli- faces, especially the eyes. Study - young infants spends time looking at features of face. Auditory preparedness for social interaction: well developed before birth, prefer high-pitch and exaggerated contours, adults speak in shorter sentences slowly baby talk, become attuned to native language by 9 months. Smell, taste, touch: newborns can discriminate among different odors and tastes and prefer those that adults find pleasant, prefer mother"s smell. Facilitates development of relationship: sense of touch develops early.