PSYCH 1XX3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Phoneme, Habituation, Lumosity
6 May 2016
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Multiple levels of analyses to study complex problems: learning, cognition, social, development, Low restraint: more drug use, divorce rate, lower bmi. High restraint: high sat scores, better working memory. Habituated they"ve seen it, they don"t care, bored of it. John b. watson behaviour interventionist: could take anyone and turn them into anything he wanted, nature vs. nurture debate. Perceptual narrowing to phoneme sensitivity: young infants - yes, 10-months-old learning english - no, anglophone adults no, importance of environmental, babies able to tell the difference between languages at younger age. Kitten 1: eyes sutured closed for a month, kitten 2: eyes sutured closed a bit over a month. Kitten 1 visual development was deprived throughout life. Kitten 2 visual development wasn"t affected: the mozart effect: If you play mozart for your kids they will have higher iqs. Books being sold, pregnant women making their baby listen to mozart, changes in govt policy giving out mozart cds to pregnant women.
