PSYC 327 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Homicide, Premotor Cortex, Motor Planning
22 Dec 2016
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Ex: child who sees sister burn fingers on hot stove learns not to touch it. Modeling: the process by which we observe and imitate specific behavior. Ex: learn native languages, and various other specific behaviors by observing and imitating others. Ex: child acted with same behavior that he saw adult kick and punch the doll when he was left alone with it. We especially like to learn from people we find admirable successful or similar to ourselves. fmri scans show that when people watch people they like winning reward, their brain activates much like they had wont he reward. Mirror neurons: frontal lobe neurons that some scientists believe fire when performing certain actions or when observing another doing so. The brain"s mirroring of another"s action may enable imitation and empathy. In humans, our catch-phrases, hem lengths, ceremonies, foods, traditions, vices and fads all spread by one person copying another. Just after birth, baby imitates tongue sticking.
