PSY 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Evolutionary Developmental Psychology, Phenotypic Plasticity, Mind
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What is culture: the standard social science model, nowadays, widespread in the psychological and social sciences, domain general theory, all mental content comes from learning; we are born passive containers to be filled up by learning/culture. Emulation in preverbal infants: design, 14 month old infants, watched an experimenter lean forward to touch a light with her forehead, which turned it on, conditions, 1. Experimenter"s hands were wrapped in a blanket: 2. Experimenter"s hands were visible: research question: would infants imitate the experimenter in both conditions. *blue = turned on light with head & green = turned on light with hands: when experimenter"s hands were free, infants turned on the light with head (pure imitation) She can use her hands, but she didn"t so the head action must be relevant here : when the experimenter"s hands were occupied, infants turned on the light with hands (emulation)
