PSY210H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Corpus Callosum, Dental Caries, Permanent Teeth
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Impulse behaviour and behavioural flexibility are also products of upbringing: koreans > engish due to cultural explanation. Emotions and the brain: limbic system major system for emotions (expression and regulation, crucial to the advance are amygdala, hippocampus and the hypothalamus, amygdala tiny structure deep in the brain which registers emotions, especially fear. Children have extreme activity in this area causing frightened reaction in situations and nightmares. Responds to comfort, not logic: hippocampus next to the amygdala, central processor of memory (spatial memory), responds to anxiety of the amygdala by summoning memory. Emotional memories can interfere with expressed, rational thinking. Spatial memory are rather fragile: hypothalamus responds to signal from amygdala and hippocampus, produces (in moderation) oxytocin, cortisol and other hormones to activate parts of the brain. Temperamental inhibition and parental responses affects hypothalamic reaction: children watch their parents" emotions closely. Age 2-4 sensitive time for learning. Gross motor skills: 5 year olds skilled and graceful, coordinated moves.
