PYSC 3170 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Visual Acuity, Depth Perception, Habituation
13 Apr 2016
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Hearing clearly capable of hearing, but auditory acuity not completely mature. Worse at hearing very high or very low pitch sounds. Discriminate moms voice from a strangers voice sill have amnioic luid stuck in their ears focus on hearing human speech newborns can: Recognize other sounds that they were exposed to prenatally by showing a preference for these sounds. Respond to rhythm in music and are sensiive to melody showing habituaion to the same tune regardless of speech. Smell sensiivity to taste and smell develops prenatally newborns have an innate preference for sweet lavours (facial expressions) smell aids in parent-child relaionships. Born with fully funcioning receptors for sweet, sour, salty, and biter tastes infants are able to detect lavours in their mothers milk. Touch skin is recepive to touch, pressure, pain, and temperature infants can demonstrate a sensiivity to touch as soon as they are born touch is important to parent-child.
