PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture 1: Development-Lecture
5 Mar 2018
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The order in which you are born changes the environmental factors that you are exposed to. Low restraint-has a harder time to delay eating the marshmallow. High restraint-delays the immediate temptation to eat the marshmallow. Low or high restraint is predicted by genes and environmental factors. Does better in life (sat scores, working memory) Habituation-becomes bored in the stimulus, does not pay attention. Infants see a lot more contrast than strong details. Used the exact same stimulus on both sides of the card, but different orientation. You lose phonemic sensitivity as you get older. By 10 months, infants learning english cannot distinguish different language sounds. Mcgerth effect-you associate certain mouth movements with certain sounds. We can change people from low restraint to high restraint. Good (and bad) intentions are not supported by science. Children from low income families performed lower than children from high income families because they were coming to school hungry.
