PSYC 4070 Chapter : Psych 4070 Exam 1
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How well can infants see and hear: habituation: simplest type of learning. Humans learn to ignore a constant noise: habituation method: high amplitude suckling method, pacifier with a motion sensor wire to a machine. Everything else is out of focus: humans find it impossible to habituate to the frequency of a baby crying. Sirens are set up to not be a constant noise that we cannot habituation to it. Baby math lecture: research indicates that 6 month old babies can detect math errors , brain scans of infants and showed the infants video tapes of puppet shows. This shows that the same neuroanatomy exists in infants as in adults. It goes against the idea that basic changes in brain anatomy occur between infancy and adulthood. The science of studying development and developmental research. Designs: theory: integrated principles that explain and predict why things occur, hypothesis: testable possible relationship specific prediction what happens if a theory is true.
