EDUC 107 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Object Permanence, Habituation, Nostril
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Habituation- the process in which a baby compares each new stimulus with a developing memory of the stimulus based on previous exposures, thus learning about the stimulus. Novelty responsiveness- following habituation, the process in which a baby looks more at a new stimulus than at a familiar one. can tell the difference between the old one and the new one. This helps scientists figure out what they child knows, be seeing what they dont look at for too long: describe assimilation and accommodation in your own words. Provide a novel (not from the book) example for each. Assimilation- the process where knowledge is altered y experience. adaptation involves two complementary processes, assimilation and accommodation. Child seeing that cheerios fall, that if they drop anything it falls. Accommodation- the process by which info can be incorporated according to what the infant already knows, assimilation allows the infant to use existing understanding to make sense of the world.
