PSY 2105 Lecture Notes - Phrase (Music), Selective Perception, Endorphins
10 Feb 2013
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Sensation refers to the detection of sensory information. Perception implies organization and understanding of meaning of sensations. Newborns: reflex responses to touch on mouth, palms, soles, genitals. Newborn senses of taste and smell: prefer sweet tastes at birth, quickly learn to like new tastes, have odor preferences from birth, affected by mother"s diet during pregnancy, can locate odors and identify mother by smell from birth. Can hear a wide variety of sounds at birth. Sensitive to voices and biologically prepared to learn language. Sense of musical phrasing l screen out sounds from non-native languages. 6 8 months phrasing in native language l recognize familiar words, natural. Detect syllables that often occur together in the same word. Unable to see long distances, focus clearly. Scan environment and try to track interesting objects. Color vision improves in first two months. Brain development helps infants reach adult levels of vision: Birth 1 month l sensitivity to kinetic cues.
