CAS PS 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Axon Hillock, Neoteny, Myelopathy
7 Nov 2016
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The idea that the mind is separate from the brain. Examples of why physiological psychology doesn"t subscribe to dualism. Nocebo effect releases traits = large eyes, small nose/teeth/jaw, childlike. cuteness, brain is small at birth, immaturely developed. The period during development when a particular trait must develop or best develops. Imprinting in ducks (ducklings follow whatever individual, creature, or object they see first, within a few hours of hatching) lower animals: stressful situation/environment (more likely to survive if babies get to their protective/competent mom faster, stockholm syndrome (in adults, canalization. Children who are abused bond more strongly with their caregivers, even if it is the caregiver who is committing abuse. The degree to which inherited genes are affected or unaffected by the environment: eye color (resistant to the winds/ effects of the environment) Experiment done in cats that suggests visual development may occur during a critical period.
