CPSY 4343 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: White Blood Cell, Charlotte Selver, Infant
12 May 2020
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There"s even a vocal minority who would say, yes re: 7 week old embryo. Moves in response to touch (in perioral region) Wide range of views re: newborn competence. Some view infants as having adult-like cognition. The 2 month old infant was thus proved to possess an active and immediately responsive conscious appreciation of the adults communicative intention. Imply not only that infant is conscious, but also: Has the ability to act in light of this consciousness. The infant we know so well, the beautiful baby we all adore is as well as all that, a rational infant. Adult like c -> no c: unconscious automata. Sensory awareness is absent at birth but clearly present before the second birthday. The fetus and neonate appear incapable of thinking understanding or experiencing or generating true emotion. The increasingly complex behaviors demonstrated by the fetus and neonate, including head turning are probably best described as brain stem reflexes.
