PSY 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Psych, Retina, Subjective Constancy
3 Aug 2019
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Psy250(1: babies less than 2 months old see only a dark blob when looking at a highly complex checkerboard, because their immature eyes don"t accommodate well enough to resolve fine detail. Infants see a definite pattern when gazing at a moderately complex checkerboard: the things they see best are moderately complex, high-contrast targets. Later form perception (2 months 1 year: more sensitive to mvmnt, begin to perceive objects as whole forms, use subjective contours, results from interaction between visual sense, biological maturation & learning. Use of pictorial cues: yonas and associates have studied infants" reactions to monocular depth. Development & depth perception: visual cliff, whether or not infants can perceive depth, elevated glass platform divided into two sections by a center board. Intermodal perception: development of intermodal perception, 1-month-olds -- weak oral-to-visual perception, 4 months intermodal matching between vision and hearing, 4-6 months match tactile and visual sensations, explaining intermodal perception:
