PSY312H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Endorphins, Habituation, Perceptual Learning
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Feb 4 lecture 5 experiencing, doing, and learning in infancy. Important because what children are born capable to do, what takes time (skills that have to be build) Gradual, stage like, how does that change, how does it progress to more adult like stage. It is a fundamental means of interaction between parents and babies- bonds children to parents. More sensitive than other parts: so is pain. Infants experience more pain and longer as they cannot distract themselves from pain due to underdeveloped frontal lobe. Increases interaction with parents. you (also form bond: scrubbing infants" cheek releases infants" endorphins and they smile to. Aid in investigating environment, through habituation (children are so sensitive. They pick up an object, understand and habituate. Infants learn about the environment through active touch: oral exploration dominates for the first few months (once they have an object, they put it into their mouths and move around to learn about the object.
