Active Minds: Changing the Conversation About Mental Health

Heredity or Environment – Genetics

2018-09-18T22:37:52-04:00

2 verities of animal studies Selective breeding studies: manipulate heredity which keeping environment constant  Mice: breed 2 mice high in traits and low in traits. Raise the animal [...]

Heredity or Environment – Genetics2018-09-18T22:37:52-04:00

Ecology

2018-09-18T22:37:52-04:00

Ecology: the study of the relationship between animals and their environment Behaviorual ecology: animal behaviors and their environment Socioecology: relationship of an animal’s social behaviour and their environment Ecological [...]

Ecology2018-09-18T22:37:52-04:00

Heredity and Environment & Behaviour

2018-09-18T22:37:51-04:00

Heredity: implying something is fixed, and is unalterable. This is contrasted with behaviour which is environmentally caused  independent of genes and can be readily changed. Nature vs. Nurture [...]

Heredity and Environment & Behaviour2018-09-18T22:37:51-04:00

Imprinting

2018-09-18T22:37:50-04:00

Basic process for development in social animals Process that occurs early in infancy An instinct-based response towards the infant and their mother. If the mother is not there, they [...]

Imprinting2018-09-18T22:37:50-04:00

Bonding

2018-09-18T22:37:49-04:00

Imprinting: filial attachment – infant to their mother. And the mother’s attachment to the infant. Imprinting responses of the infant elicit nurturing responses of the mother. Another process in [...]

Bonding2018-09-18T22:37:49-04:00
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