PSY 2105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Plantar Reflex, Endorphins, Parallax
9 Apr 2020
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The experience resulting from the stimulation of a sense organ. The interpretation of sensory stimulation based on experience. The selection of particular sensory input for perceptual and cognitive processing and the exclusion of competing input. Newborns respond reflexively to touch (e. g. , rooting, babinski reflex) Severe pain can overwhelm the nervous system. Disrupts child"s capacity to handle common stressors. I. e. , heightened pain sensitivity, sleep disturbances, feeding problems, Newborns turn their heads away from bad smells. Positive facial expressions to bananas, strawberries, vanilla. Negative facial expressions to rotten eggs, fish. Newborns prefer the smell of their mother over any other woman. Mothers can identify their baby by smell. Different facial expressions to sweet, sour, bitter, or salty. The perceptual experience that results from active exploration of objects by touch. The perceptual experience that results from motion of the body and pull of gravity. No reaction to auditory stimuli before 24 weeks. Clamping of eyelids after 28 weeks gestation.
