PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Diluent, Angle Of Rotation, 2-Step Garage
6 Dec 2013
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When babies are born, they come equipped with capacities that aid in adapting to their environment. Whereas, others disappear within the first year of life. Reflexes are important in assessing baby"s central nervous system. Serve as identifiers of developmental problems and other abnormal functions. Measures 20 different reflexes - sucking, rooting, etc. Measures six other clusters of behaviours: habituation, orientation, motor performance, range of state, regulation of state, and autonomic regulation. Scale important for helping parents to properly handle babies (britt & myers, 1994). Incorporated or controlled for in various research studies. Examined parental responsiveness to familiar and unfamiliar infants. Assessed: (a) ability to identify baby cry (b) autonomic responses (c) subjective responses. Cooperative breeding theory not specific to maternal care. Controlled for amount of time spent with baby. Swaddling - van sleuwen et al. (2007) found that: Babies also have systems for sensations (what stimuli sensory receptors detect) and perceptions (interpretations of these stimuli).
