PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Neuroplasticity, Object Permanence, Deductive Reasoning

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: Ashley Waggoner Denton

Document Summary

Incremental mindset is not thinking of yourself as a failure, but having the mindset to do better > Those that have it are protected from the negative affects of failure: those with the incremental mindset will learn better. Lifespan development: developmental psychology > focuses on the physiological, cognitive, and social changes that occur in individuals over a life span. Present at birth: five senses > sight, smell, sound, taste, touch, a new born is capable of seeing things that is roughly arms lenght away > seeing face of mom/dad holding them. Takes about 8 months for the visual system to develop further: re exes > grasping, rooting (when you brush hand against cheek, open mouth looking for a nipple), sucking, etc. Attachment: strong emotional connection that persists over time and across circumstances, role of oxytocin > higher levels, mothers are more responsive to their baby crying to provide comfort -