PSY 223 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Fettuccine Alfredo, Music Box, Habituation
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Habituation: loss of interest suggests the baby recognizes the stimuli. Novelty responsiveness: interest and more time spent looking at new stimuli. Measurement of whether a baby imitates a sequence of events. Infant actively constructs an understanding of the world. Interactions with the world: adaptation process whereby knowledge is altered by experience, assimilation, accommodation. Jane loves loves eating fettuccini alfredo, because the creamy sauce is so wonderful and delicious. In school, she notices that the pasta they are serving in the cafeteria looks a lot like alfredo sauce, so she decides that it must also be something good to eat. Little ludwig is playing with a music box. As he turns the crank, it makes a nice- sounding tune. One day, his uncle franz gives him a jack-in-the-box. Ludwig happily sits down to turn the crank, but suddenly the top opens up and a clown pops up and scares him.
