PS102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Mental Model, John Bowlby, Harry Harlow
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Social and emotional development in infancy and childhood: behavioural genetics: how much of the way we think and act is influenced by genetic heritance. Key areas of focus of both behavioural genetics and developmental psychology. A biologically based tendency to respond to certain situations in similar ways throughout a person"s life. Not the same as personality which is learned/acquired. Conducted longitudinal study on behaviourhal inhibition and levels of shyness later in life. Behavioural inhibition: tendency to withdraw from new or different situations. Found children highly inhibited at 21 months of age more likely than uninhibited toddlers to be shy when they were 12-14 year old. Research illustrates 2 key aspect of temperament: temperament is inborn. Related to individual differences in arousal of amygdala. Uninhibited children = amygdala requires more stimulation to become excited: temperament is stable across situations and time: Temperamentally inhibited babies are most inhibited later on/in different situations.
