PSYC 335 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5, 7: Haptic Perception, Motor Skill, Ethology

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 335
• Professor: Yeung

Document Summary

Psyc 335 - chapter 5 & 7: development: motor development divided into 2 categories: Cognitive-developmental emphasizes the impact of knowledge on walking & crawling perception (ii) prehension: ability to grasp & manipulate objects with the hands. Motor development enhances the infant"s understanding of the world self-produced locomotion contributes to awareness of space, distance, heights, etc. Both biological & environmental factors are involved. Behaviour is a dynamic systems: dynamic: constantly changing & adding on to one another, systems: composed of many different parts & processes at different levels of organization. The patterns of behaviour we observe are due to relationships between these many different components. All parts of a system are activated & work together in a non-linear way in order to create a new action. Complex, universal behaviours come together from these individual, small components. The crucial element that unites the different parts of the system is the infant"s task or goal.