Psychology 2040A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Speech Perception, Classical Conditioning, Reinforcement

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2040A/B
• Professor: Sarah smits-bandstra

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Sucking: mouth touched by object: sucks on object: disappears 3-4 months. Swimming: placed face down in water: makes coordinated swimming moves: disappears 6-7 months, tonic neck: placed on back: makes fists and turns head to the right, disappears at 2 months. Infant crying stimulates innate strong feelings of arousal and discomfort in adults. Soothing a baby: talk softly, play rhythmic sounds, offer a pacifier, swaddle baby, car ride etc. Face up to wake up: sids: correlation: placing babies on back halves risk of sids, risk factors include smoking, drug abuse, sleeping on belly, warm clothes, blankets, occurs more often for poverty stricken minority groups. Neonatal assessment: neonatal behavioural assessment scale (nbas, most common method, terry brazelton, reflexes, muscle tone, state changes, responsiveness to physical and social stimuli, varies across cultures, depending on massage, physical closeness, swaddling, can change quickly (over a week) Motor development: gross motor, dynamic systems theory.