PSYC 2235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Spacetime, Object Permanence, Language Processing In The Brain
18 Nov 2016
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Psyc 2235 - lecture 6 - cognitive development in infancy. First two years are consistent across different environments. Develops around months 8-12: object individuation: the process by which an infant differentiates and recognizes distinct objects based on their mental images of objects in the environment. The different kind of objects: object concept: an infant"s understand of the nature of objects and how they behave. Schematic learning: organization of experiences into expectancies, called schemas, which enable infants to distinguish between familiar and unfamiliar stimuli: the use of categories and superordinates to create distinctions between things and people. Bayley"s scales of infant development: measuring motor, language and cognitive skills. Fagan"s tests of infant intelligence: moderately predictive of infant"s iq at 21 years old. Language: first words occur around 12 months. Infant-directed speech (ids): the simplified, higher-pitched speech that adults use to communicate with infants and young children: the early milestones of language development. Babbling: repetitive vocalizing of consonant-vowel combinations by an infant.
