Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Depth Perception, Visual Acuity, Binocular Vision

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

Document Summary

Emotions begin on left side of face: at peak intensity of expression, its on left side of face. Note: left frontal lobe more involved in positive emotions, right in negative emotions, more activity in left when watching happy films, more in right for sad/disgusting films, visible in 10 month old infants. Nature -> maturation vs. nurture -> learning. Performs all functions at all ages, just older does it better. Normative: typical sequence of change, look for consistency, methodology is cross-sectional. Individual: consistency not there, look at individual, methodology is longitudinal. Number of synapses increase rapidly from birth to adult. Increase in weight (350-1400 g) due to glial cells and myelination: frontal lobe develops fast. Very much like adult: suck faster for sweet liquid, reject salty liquid, pleasant expression for bananas, frown for rotten eggs. Responds to wide variety of sounds: prefer complex sounds, especially sensitive to sounds in range of human voice.