PSYCH 3JJ3 Lecture 4: Psych 3JJ3 - Lecture 4.docx

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 3JJ3
• Professor: Louis A Schmidt

Document Summary

Sleep wake cycle) to social rhythms: acquisition of biological regulatory skills (cid:224) interactional synchrony, development of biological rhythms that help babies deal with the time based nature of social interaction, there is a degree of synchrony that exists (cid:224) child sends signal, and mother responds (tied to physiological and behavioural synchrony, visual preparation for social interaction, babies are attracted to visual social stimuli (faces in particular, especially the eyes, 1 month old (cid:224) 2 month old: Whereas one month old pays more attention to the outer perimeter of the face: eyes are powerful in signaling intent and who the primary caregiver is, and so the ability to detect eyes is important for child"s survival, auditory preparedness for social interaction, well developed before birth, prefer high pitch and exaggerated contours (hi sweee eeet ee, adults speak in shorter sentences and more slowly baby talk , become attuned to native language by 9 months.