PSY 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Object Permanence, Psy, Table Tennis
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Vision is limited by poor acuity, lack of coordinated eye movements, and tunnel vision. Newborns have an innate preference for faces as they track face like stimuli. Newborns look at outside features of faces while older infants look at eyes and mouth, just as adults do. After repeated exposure to certain sound, infants begin to stop turning to see source of sound, but would turn towards new sound. Visual field expands to almost adult size by six months, acuity continues to. Sound localization disappears in second month of life, returns after four or five develop afterwards months. Maturation genetically programmed biological process that governs growth. Cephalocaudal principle reflects tendency for development to proceed in head-to-foot direction. Proximodistal principle states that development begins along innermost parts of body and continues outward. Brain matures from inner parts (that govern basic survival functions) to cortex. Reflexes automatic, inborn behaviours elicited by specific stimuli.
