CAS PS 241 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Information Processing Theory, Speech Perception, Tabula Rasa
19 Aug 2018
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Periods of prenatal dev: zygote, 2 wks, fertilization, implantation, start of placenta, blastocyst= a ball of equipotential cells not differentiated. Endoderm becomes other organs: last half of the first month: ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm, neural tube forms, second month- rapid growth of the eyes, ears, nose, jaws and neck, buds become arms legs and fingers, toes. The newborn: development of visual acuity, babies prefer face and face approx. at 4-6 wks. , at 3 months prefer all equally, 4 months preferential tracking returns, scarf studies- distinguishing among faces. How can we measure infant learning? hormones: classical conditioning, habituation- decrease in response to repeated stimulation revealing that learning has occurred, infant preferential looking paradigm, infant have novelty preference for stripe dots after being habituated to grey dotes. They don"t attribute intention to machine: babies learn better in person than from media aka tv.
