PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Biopsychosocial Model, Limbic System, Myelin

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Benjamin Giguere

Document Summary

Human development is bidirectional in nature; nature and nurture : pop psychology, including a lot of parenting books are full of unidirectional explanations. Physiological, psychological (cognitive) and social changes interact with each other: biopsychosocial approach is typically best suited to understand psychology, particularly from a developmental perspective. What happens when a child is deprived of attachment. Children are surprisingly resilient can become well adjusted and high functioning even after facing very traumatic times. However, severe, prolonged deprivation abuse may lead to: dif culty forming secure forms of attachment, increased anxiety and depression, lowered intelligence, increased aggression. The next phase of that process is adolescence: the transition period from childhood to adulthood. Puberty is the time of sexual maturation (becoming physically able to reproduce) During puberty, increased sex hormones lead to: primary and secondary sex characteristics, some changes in mood and behaviour.