PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Normative Social Influence, Nootropic, Neurofibrillary Tangle

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

Document Summary

Close emotional relationship between a child and a caregiver. Ramifications of severe neglect (e. g. orphaned children) The other is represented as responsive and reliable and the self as worthy of being protected and responded to: avoidant (20%, anxious/ ambivalent (15%, disorganized-disoriented (10%) Originates from caregiver responsiveness and child"s temperament (see p. 473) Caregiving styles: warm vs cold, responsive vs rejecting, inconsistent/ misattuned. Begins at puberty: follows 2 years of pubescent growth spurt, puberty: marked by sexual maturity. Timing of maturation and implications for boys and girls. Emerging adulthood: 18- 25 years, expanded period in which questions around identity can be resolved, http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=prd3uhdq-2m. Adulthood: emotional and financial independence, period of storm and stress, (i) conflict with parents, (ii) mood disruptions, (iii) risky behaviours: Potential for harm to self and/or others. E. g. crime, drug use, risky sexual behaviour. Attributable to personality and underdeveloped frontal lobes affecting judgment: self-interest determines what is right and wrong. What is punished (1) or rewarded (2)