Learning as Adaptation

Devel of Peer Sociability
1. Yr 1
  1. Smiles & babbles at 6m
  2. Brief reciprocal interactions at 1yr
2. 1-2
  1. Mutual imitation
  2. Minimal verbal interaction
3. 2+
  1. Use lang to initiate reciprocal play
  2. Interactions are positive & kids show enjoyment
Role of Solitary play
1. Some are socially anxious
2. Some are less mature in play
3. Solitary play is constructive
4. Only certain types are cause for concern
  1. Wandering
  2. Repetitive
5. Declines with age
6. Takes a lot of preschoolers time
  1. Parten (1932)
Middle Childhood
1. School is particularly important
2. Role of emotional & social skills
Non-organic
1. Psychological cause
Organic/Brain damage
Evolution
1. Fitness & Natural selection
  1. Species respond to changing environmental conditions through change
2. Limits
  1. Slow way of coping with change across many generations
  2. No uses in helping indivs faced with abrupt change
Innate behaviours
1. Fixed action patterns
2. Elicited by condition/stim
3. Cocoon building in hunting spider
  1. Eibl-Eibesfeldt (1970)
4. Humans
  1. Eibl-Eibesfeldt (70s & 80s)
    1. Smiling is universal
Modulation of Simple Behavs
1. Habituation/Dishab
2. When stim is no longer familiar, dishab
3. Habituation advantage
  1. Prevents wasted energy/time on non-functional behav
4. Dishab. advantage
  1. Must be there to serve purpose if needed

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