PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Egocentrism, Object Permanence, Chamfer
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We used to believe that the world is a blooming, buzzing confusion to infants. The healthy newborn is equipped with reflexes - automatic responses--that ensure its ability to breathe, find food, and withdraw from painful stimuli. Rooting touch cheek and baby turns head to suck. Moro drop baby and arms fling out and grab. Grasping touch palm, baby grabs (also toes) Recognize and smile at mother or father: right away. Think about things that cannot be seen: 2 years. Soon after the onset of an awareness of object permanence, at 7 or 8 months of age, Brilliant study design #1: visual cliff experiments infants develop a fear of strangers called stranger anxiety. What did we learn about the role of emotion from the study? act when we are unsure. In the video, new crawlers were called across the visual cliff. In other studies, parents just showed happy or fear faces. most.