PSY 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Palmar Grasp Reflex, Primitive Reflexes, Phoneme

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 302
• Professor: Margaret Moulson

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Psy 302: child development (week 6) march 2, 2017: sensation: sensory receptors neurons detect info and transmit it to the brain, perception: organization and interpretations of sensory input. Early perspective: nature vs. nurture, (cid:862) a (cid:271)uzzi(cid:374)g, (cid:271)loo(cid:373)i(cid:374)g (cid:272)o(cid:374)fusio(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:894)willia(cid:373) ja(cid:373)es(cid:895) Infant has no way of interpreting the information: overtime child will learn to interpret info, (cid:862)the pre(cid:272)o(cid:272)ious i(cid:374)fa(cid:374)t(cid:863) Testing infants: habituation method, prese(cid:374)t (cid:1005) sti(cid:373)ulus u(cid:374)til i(cid:374)fa(cid:374)t (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)es (cid:862)(cid:271)ored(cid:863, present new stimulus. Vision: visual activity, ho(cid:449) sharp is (cid:271)a(cid:271)ies" (cid:448)isio(cid:374) The development of activity: newborns: 20/600, legally blind, they can see objects about a foot away best, by 6 months: 20/100, by 12 months: 20/50, by 6 years: 20/20 (adult level) What drives the development of visual acuity: maurer, et al. (1999, tested infants born with congenital cataracts, cataracts were removed anywhere between 1 week and 9 months of age. Infant acuity was tested after contact lens was fitted: