Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Conceptual System, Object Permanence, Egocentrism

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

Document Summary

Brain development: 100-200 billion neurons at birth, neurons not produced ater second trimester, increase in weight (350-1400g) due to glial cells and myelinaion, number of synapses increase rapidly, corical development mirrors emergence of abiliies. Not fully developed unil 25 years old. Taste and smell: infant very much like adult. Frown for roten eggs: suggests these things are hard wired in us from birth. Hearing: at birth: respond to wide variety of sounds. Especially sensiive to sounds in range of human voice: decasper and spence (1986) Moms read to their unborn babies in the womb. And when born they preferred the sound of their mothers voice rather than someone else: suggests its hard wired, 1st few days. Binocular vision only, can"t judge distance with one eye covered suggests monocular vision is learned: 4-5 months can reach for nearby toys, 6-7 months ability to accurately grasp, 9-10 months avoid deep end of visual clif. Motor development: at birth: bundle of relexes .