Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Toilet Training, Lev Vygotsky, David Elkind

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

Document Summary

Motor development rolling, crawling , walking) Inverted u- shaped function: an ability that emerges after birth, peaks and disappears with age (ex. Intellectual and fine- and gross motor impairments. Infants like novel stimuli: visual habituation procedure: the same stimulus is presented repeatedly until infant looking time declines (by. Newborns learn to suck a plastic nipple hard enough to hear a recording of their mother"s voice (operant conditioning) Newborns imitate some facial expressions. Around 3- 4 months infant pattern perception is organized according to gestalt principles. U- shaped function for sound localization. Healthy reflexes indicate normal neurological maturity at birth. Some reflexes have adaptive significance (breathing, rooting, sucking) Some reflexes reflect the degree to which many complex motor acts are developed in the uterus (ex. Babies crawl when placed on surface, swim when placed in water) Some motor skills follow a u- shaped developmental function (ex. Newborn stepping reflex drop out after 1 to.