PSYCH 2AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: 18 Months, Operant Conditioning, Habituation
25 Oct 2017
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Nativists = born with an innate ability to sense things (nature) Empiricism = without proper stimulation, the senses will not develop properly (nurture). Babies attend the the stimulus that they nd more appealing. Babies prefer to look at complex stimuli rather than simple stimuli. Baby will show renewed interest if they can tell the slight difference between stimulus. Baby will get bored (habituated) to the same stimulus after repeated trials. Sensory skills - to what extent are sensory skills adult-like in birth and infancy. Three senses, difference developmental trajectories: vision - experience expectant/dependant, therefore, not readily developed, acuity = how keen/sharp is the sense is. 8 months 20/30: age 2 = 20/20. Babies prefer more complex then simple images (fanz "61): tracking - develops quickly. ** read more in textbook: hearing - babies can hear in the womb, not critical to development, but allows to locate sound/spatially orient since vision acuity is not so good.
