PSYC 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Harry Harlow, Behaviorism, Egocentrism

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1200
• Professor: Launa C.Leboe- Mcgowan

Document Summary

Lifespan development the emotional sense of closeness and security that a child develops (or fails) to develop) with their caregiver or caregivers. Harry harlow looked at monkeys to determine attachments and what happens when you separate the monkeys from their mother introduced a substitute mother. (cid:455)ou(cid:374)g (cid:272)hildre(cid:374)"s dis(cid:272)o(cid:373)fort a(cid:374)d e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)al distress i(cid:374) the prese(cid:374)(cid:272)e of stra(cid:374)gers. Self awareness children gradually develop an appreciation of themselves, separate from other people. Egocentrism lacking the capacity to understand that people have perspectives, thoughts, and feeli(cid:374)gs that differ fro(cid:373) o(cid:374)e"s o(cid:449)(cid:374) Piaget asked children to describe what the 3 mountains would look like form the perspective of someone sitting opposite them, but children under about age 7 respond (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:272)lai(cid:373)i(cid:374)g their perspe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e as ide(cid:374)ti(cid:272)al to the doll"s. Theory of mind the capacity to understand that other people behave their own minds, with thoughts, feeli(cid:374)gs a(cid:374)d per(cid:272)eptio(cid:374)s that differe(cid:374)t fro(cid:373) o(cid:374)e"s o(cid:449)(cid:374)