PSYC 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mental Model, Twin, Fetus

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2110
• Professor: Gillian Wu

Document Summary

Early social and emotional development is characterized by a dyadic (interaction between two individuals) relationship. Typically this is the caregiver- infant interaction (dominant caregiver is the mother) This relationship is bi-directional (ie, there is feedback from the child like a smile when the caregiver provides care this motivates the caregiver to keep giving better care) Ethological theory: - early social behaviours between infant and caregiver are the result of evolutionary processes helpless at birth she can protect) and motivates her to provide proper care. Infant promotes caregiving by its behaviours: making interactions pleasant, its appearance which we find cute, reduce distress when caregiver is attending. Social bond developed because the human infant is relatively. Relationship with primary caregiver (mom) keeps her near (so. Caregiver has innate sense of caregiving (moms innately know how to take care of that baby, that"s the theory: read infants signals, know how to react, can evaluate when one has been effective.