PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Observational Learning, Johns Hopkins University, Heart Rate

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Paula Barata

Document Summary

Infant is given special pacific that responds to sucking rate. Change in sucking rate can be detected. Can access stimuli by sucking at a particular rate: procedures for measuring infant behaviour, habituation procedures. Measuring infant behaviour: changes or difference in physiological responses, heart rate and eeg (electroencephalogram, changes or difference in behavioural responses, visual tracking see where babies see (observe what babies are. Habituate infant to stimuli (by repeat exposure) Measures what babies prefer to look at eg. a pattern or just a blank black spot. Don"t crawl so innate: the role of learning. Crawl when just learned to crawl, so not innate. Stepping reflex a reflex you"re born with. Disappears at about 2 months and reappears in time for real walking at about 12 months: but does not really disappear at all. Attachment: a strong emotional bond between children and primary caregivers.