PSYC-275 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Mary Ainsworth, Depth Perception, Infant
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Infancy (from age 0 - 2: developments, sensory development. It was once believed that a neonate (new born) was an empty-headed, passive organism that was unable to perceive. Two examples: visual clif - a researcher places a checkered cloth over a a table or other raised surface that extends over the table, floor, everything around. Then, a piece of clear plastic or glass is placed on the raised surface so that it extends out from the surface. This gives the appearance, when looking from the top of the clear material, that there is a cliff. A child is placed on the table/surface and the mother stands at the end of the clear plastic or glass, and calls for the child to crawl to her. If the child simply crawls to her, over the edge of the table on the plastic, then the child has not yet developed depth perception.