PSY424H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cortisol, Anthropomorphism, Social Isolation
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Relationships can be and should be studied scientifically. Personal experience is great as a first step: however we need to test these. **qualmri use this for making notes on the readings. People didn"t take relationship science seriously until the last 20 years or so. Need for human connection is just as important as any other survival need, such as the need for food. Was supposed to meet up with someone called hastings who was supposed to help them cross to california. Group of pioneers decided to take a shortcut to california: 1st obstacle: steep mountain lost people and animals in this, 2nd obstacle: huge desert, 3rd obstacle: winter were ill prepared for the cold. Those with the most social connection those with larger families. Chances of survival: larger the family travelling together more likely they survived, all but 3 solo travellers died. Even if they died, those with larger family sizes survived longer.
