PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Unconscious Mind, Problem Solving, Prenatal Development
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Gave his kids to a shepherd and told the shepherd to deprive the kids of language. The kids learned the fridgien (spelling?) word for bread. The pharaoh concluded that the innate language of humans was fridgien. The language no longer exists in the world. You need to experience seeing the world and moving. Kittens raised in the dark won"t develop depth perception. Genie could learn verbal labeling but couldn"t learn syntax. Child-rearing should adjust to needs of a child. Drew parallels between human prenatal growth and other animals. He concluded that facial expressions were innate because they began occurring as early as the 8th day after birth. Behavior is motivated by unconscious, instinctual drives. The type of drive changes over development. Pointed out the mystery of infantile amnesia. The most scientific approach to study the mind. All behavior is a response to external stimuli. We don"t need to consider thoughts, emotions.
