CAS PS 241 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Eleanor J. Gibson, Perceptual Learning, Object Permanence
10 Apr 2016
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Early learning, perceptual development, and motor development in infancy. Classical conditioning (involuntary: just as in animals, humans can do classical conditioning. Ex) touching head before feeding touching head will stimulate baby"s sucking: helps to learn and adapt post-natal environment. Habituation: a decrease in response to repeated stimulation, revealing that learning had occurred, as a stimulus continues and gets used to it, babies lose interests ( , habituation is action of learning. Operant conditioning (voluntary) babies have to be old enough to be voluntary: infants repeat behaviors that are rewarded (associative learning) E. g. kicking to get a mobile to spin (string tide to their leg: young infants" memory for operant responses is context dependent. If the type of mobile changes, or color of bedding change, babies will not stimulate the behavior: cues are very important. Reflex to copy what they are seeing. Reflex makes the parent feel connected to babies: more social interaction (face-face interaction, more caring.
