PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Change Blindness, Retina, Actus Reus
22 Feb 2017
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Multiple levels of analyses to study complex problems. First born tends to be competitive, parents more strict (had to teach parents), setting example for other simblings. Conclude that birth order does in fact change life trajectory. Could not test this with a real life experiment (cant manipulate birth order or assign variables) , cant make strong causal conclusions, can only view relationships: marshamellow test. If a child can delay getting a reward. Sat scores and working memory : high restraint having high self regulation leads to better scores later on in life. How to ask questions to a pre verbal human. Drug use, divorce, low bmi : low restraint low self regulation leads to a less healthy lifestyle: habituation : presenting 1 stimulus repeatedly to an infant (eventually stop showing interest) If in test 2, infant shows a new response, they are not habituated and can tell the difference between test stimuli: determines visual cues in infants.
