PSY100H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Dementia, Psychosexual Development, Edward C. Tolman

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

Document Summary

Focuses on the physiological, cognitive, and social changes that occur in individuals across the lifespan. Grasping, rooting (when you stroke a baby"s cheek and they turn their head), sucking. Attachment: strong, emotional connection that persists over time, and across circumstances. Released during sex, when thinking of a loved one, etc. Hard to know if oxytocin increase causes changes in behaviour / feelings, or if behaviour / feelings increase oxytocin levels. Mom as milk vs. mom as comfort. Monkeys were separated from their real mothers and given access to fake mothers. Monkeys spent most of time on cloth mother. Only went to wire mother for milk. Ran to cloth mother in scary situations. Upset when caregiver leaves, but is easily comforted when they return. Clings to caregiver, gets upset and resists comfort. Behaviours that don"t match characteristics of other styles. Most effective / beneficial for creating a good relationship between child and parents.