PSY 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Lev Vygotsky, Sexting
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Infant perceptual abilities: able to see, hear, touch, smell, and taste, though limited at first, newborns can distinguish contrasts, shadows, and edges, evidence of depth perception within months of birth. Involves contact comfort- the innate pleasure derived from close physical contact: harlow"s atta(cid:272)h(cid:373)e(cid:374)t study, two monkey mothers, wire mother- provided food but no comfort, cloth mother- provided comfort but no nourishment. Stranger leaves the room: ai(cid:374)sworth"s atta(cid:272)h(cid:373)e(cid:374)t styles, securely attached, babies cry or protest if the parent leaves the room, but welcome her back and play happily again. Insecure: uncomfortable or defensive mothers: factors that promote insecure attachment, abandonment and deprivation, abusive or neglectful parenting, genetically influenced temperament of child, stressful family circumstances. Cognitive development: language, system to combine meaningless elements (sounds or gestures) to form structured utterances that convey meaning, ex: english, asl, etc. Infants and children reveal cognitive abilities earlier than piaget believed possible: cognitive development is influenced by culture.
