PSYC 3506 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Pacifier, Dishabituation, Dynamic Assessment
22 Jul 2020
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Some students work better with different educational check ins. Traditional methods of assessment are inadequate (dynamic assessment methods proposed) Some students work better with talking or discussion instead of just written/test work. Compare cross-cultures and deciding which aspects from cultures have the effect on the person. Inferences are drawn about perception based on observations (behaviour) Use behaviour to draw inferences about underlying perceptual system. Researchers primarily focus on visual and auditory perception in infants. Some work examining other senses, such as taste, pain perception, touch, smell. Evidence for some perceptual abilities before birth (e. g. , taste, auditory perception) Looking at their physical behaviour and making inferences. Verbally stating they cannot tell the difference between two things. Sucking on pacifier attached to machine that tracks rate of sucking, how hard. They"re not gaining anything from pacifier (non-nutritive) Last 6 weeks of pregnancy show audio. Asked pregnant women to read cat in the hat to their fetus.
