PSYC 2110 Chapter Notes -Depth Perception, Tabula Rasa, Infant
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Sensation: process which sensory neurons detect info and transmit them to the brain. Perception: interpretation of sensory input to recognize, understand and know what you sensing: the question is, do infants perceive the world, or do they just sense it. Learning: process in which behavior changes bc of experience. Empiricist: ppl that believe an infant is tabula rasa so they only learn to interpret sensation but there senses are already integrated at birth (james: so dev is based on nurture. Nativist: ppl that believe perceptual ability is innate - built from evolution (descartes and kant: dev is based on nature. Enrichment theory: there is an objective reality to which we will respond, but sensory stimulation is often fragmented or confusing in order to interpret the stimulation, we use our cognitive scheme to enrich our experience. Research methods used to study the infants s&p experience. Evoked potentials method: use brain waves to see if they can discriminate.