DEP 2004 Lecture 3: Chapter 3 Notes
24 Nov 2017
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Chapter 3 notes: cephalocaudal principle and proximo-distal principle, head to tail pro. Improved use of visual feedback control: secondary phase is slower than primary, goes from very uncontrolled to fairly controlled by the time they reach 12 months, required direction and distance perception. Infants will not reach for things out of reach distance: up to 4 months. Infants sensitive to all 5 primary taste: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami: taste preferences, nursing response, prerifial neurons, smell is fairly well developed at birth. Infants respond to different smells: disti(cid:374)guish a(cid:374)d prefer o(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:373)other"s (cid:271)reast (cid:373)ilk, touch, well developed at birth, required to elicit reflexes, babies are born with touch mechanorectoptors in the skin. If belief is wrong they will have to change their beliefs: taking a bath- all objects are solid until they experience a bath, want schemas to be stable.
