PSYC 4070 Chapter : Chapter 5 WITHOUT ABBREVIATIONS
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Previously if hid ball from their view, it ceased to exist; now if you try to hide it they will search for it. Infants conduct miniature experiments with objects: ex. Memory during infancy: do infants have memory, yes, know this because can distinguish a new stimuli from old, implies some memory, ex. They can recognize familiar faces from new ones and will smile at familiar faces and express fear for new ones: memory increases with age, ex. I. e. newer memories become incorporated and make older memories less valid: this is a problem with recovered memories in regards to victims of abuse, also eyewitness testimony. Intelligence: earliest measures of intelligence, gesell studied several children of different ages, determined behaviors typical for given ages. I. e. if slow development at age 5 not necessarily so at: give example of cahsd job ahead of peers (gifted/advanced) with others fluid adult intelligence is minimal. Language: allows us to convey thought to other.
