PSYC 3506 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Externality, Concentric Objects, Research Question
22 Jul 2020
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Have the infant habituate to one sound, change the sound, observe behaviour. Example: hearing the difference between /pa/ and /ba/ Observe if child prefers one sound over other by measuring how long they look at speaker. Using this method, researchers have demonstrated, for example, that infants prefer fast playsongs over slow ones (conrad, walsh, allen, & Most widely studied aspect of perception = vision. Early physical structures are not completely developed (eye/related brain regions) Areas like the fovea continue to develop after birth. Early perceptual abilities are limited, with significant advances taking place through the first year. Both eyes focusing on the same thing at the same time. Two things presented together and looking for preferential bias. Baby is looking at one patterned item and one plain. If they look the same to baby, they should look at each item for the same amount of time. Some of the physical characteristics which affect looking behaviour:
