PSY311H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Visual Acuity, Biological Process
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Constructing first relationships the emergence of the first relationship is fascinating and may be a prototype for all subsequent relationships. Biological regulation 0 months: developmental task: to regularize the infant"s basic biological processes and to harmonize them with parental requirement 2 sets of requirements that come together. Parental requirement: differ from parent to parent; i. e. sleep through the night. Fixed action patters crying and smiling (not reactive to what others are doing; could be in result of internal stimuli like pleasure) Face to face exchanges 2 months: developmental task: to regulate mutual attention and responsiveness in face to face situations, for the first time parent and child can look at each other for first time, characterized by: Direct eye to eye contact (eyes communicate a lot of info love, fear, etc. ) Social smiles smiles in reaction to what other human being is doing. This would develop after development of visual acuity (perceptual development)
