PSYC 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Plantar Reflex, Patellar Ligament, Tendon Reflex
22 Oct 2015
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Developmental psych lecture 4 - infancy and perceptual development (chapter 4) Kant: believed in innate structure of the mind and pre-existence of meaningful categories. Piaget: took both nature and nurture into account - so knowledge is not innate but mechanism to discover through knowledge through adaptation. Reflex: a human"s involuntary response to external simulation, many help ensure survival. Abnormalities in a baby"s reflexes during the first days or weeks after birth are indicators for identifying problems. Survival reflexes: breathing, eye-blink, pupillary, rooting, sucking, swallowing. Big toe curves up and other toes curl. Opens mouth, closes eyes and moves head midline position. Turns head toward fingers and tries to suck absent in depressed babies. Disappears about 3-4 position, move forward and tilt to one side and another stepping movements depressed infants months. Less intensive and regular in first 3-4 days disappears by 6 months.
