Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Moro Reflex, Depth Perception, Visual Acuity

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Left frontal lobe more involved in positive emotions, right in negative. More activity in left when watching happy films, more in right for sad disgusting films. Development is discontinuous. stages separated by rapid growth. Small fish to medium fish to big fish. Normative: typical sequence of change, look for consistency, methodology is cross-sectional (only a few months) Individual: consistency is not there, look at the individual, methodology is longitudinal (takes a lot longer) Increase in weight (350-1400g) due to glial cells and myelination (these add weight) All of the neurons are connecting and forming a neural network. Cortical development will mirror your emergence of abilities. Frontal lobe develops last, not fully developed until you"re 25. For an infant, it"s very similar to that of an adult. Newborns responds to a wide variety of sounds. Especially sensitive to sounds in the range of human voice. 1st few days: newborn will turn their head towards sounds.