PSYC 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Depth Perception, Mental Model, Habituation
2 Dec 2016
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Very much connected to language development, since language is involved in the exchange of information between two individuals. In early social and emotional development, it is also an exchange of information between two individuals (usually between caregiver-child) Characterized as being dyadic relationship, but is also a bidirectional relationship (between 2 people and exchange goes both ways) Infant promotes caregiving by its behaviours: makes interactions pleasant by ceasing to cry and/or smiling when needs met, we find appearance cute, reduce distress when caregiver is attending. Caregiver has innate sense of caregiving: reads infants signals, know how to react, can evaluate when one has been effective. Concerned with socialization: child"s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour is shaped to (cid:373)at(cid:272)h so(cid:272)iet(cid:455)"s roles a(cid:374)d (cid:271)elief s(cid:455)ste(cid:373) Caregiver infant interaction is also believed to be bidirectional: not due to evolution but to learning conditioning reinforcement. Infants vocalization and smiling can be shaped by reinforcement.
