PSY336H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Terrycloth, Visual Perception, Attachment Theory
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Administrative things: university said we are not allowed to have online exams. Keep 2 possible weighting schemes calculate both grades for everyone and assign mark that is highest. If focus on physical needs, would assume monkey would bond to the one that produces milk: monkeys automatically bonded to terry cloth mother eat from the one that has food but over the soft cloth mother. Suggests social need for connection and physical warmth emotional benefit rather than just emotional need for sustenance. Sdt (ryan & deci): relatedness basic psychological need essential to thriving. Self-esteem is like a gauge indicator for how well connected you are to others and level of social support. System continuously monitors the inclusionary status of individual sensitive to cues that signal disapproval, rejection or exclusion. Self-esteem is contingent on how others see or perceive you not very stable, and can leave us in difficult times.
