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What is stereopsis? - ANSWER--process of combining neural signals to result in
depth perception; emerges at 4 months
What is monocular depth cues? - ANSWER--Depth cues perceieved by only one
eye; 6-7 months
What is auditory localization - ANSWER--the perception of the spatial location of a
sound source
Do infants prefer infant-directed speech or sinigng? - ANSWER--They prefer
infant-directed singing
How do infants start developing the touch sense - ANSWER--through oral
exploration; i.e. sucking on fingers and toes
What do infants do at 4 months to further their touch sense? - ANSWER--using
hands/arms to touch thus developing mental maps of bodies
What is perceptual narrowing? - ANSWER--developmental changes in which
experience fine-tunes the perceptual system
What is intermodal perception? - ANSWER--the combining of information from
two or more sensory systems
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What is the McGurk effect? - ANSWER--an example of auditory-visual intermodal
perception
Is motor reflexes dependant on culture? - ANSWER--Yes
- i.e. countries where sitting independently is encouraged vs. discouraged
What is the impact of diapers on walking behaviours - ANSWER--when naked,
infants displayed mature walking behaviour versus when wearing diapers
What are affordances? - ANSWER--the possibility that an action offers/that an
object offers
- i.e. door handle gives possibility to open the door; smaller objects give possibility
to pick them up
How does reaching start off for infants? - ANSWER--initially limited to clumsy
swings towards objects they see
How can reaching benefit infants? - ANSWER--more experience reaching objects,
improves 3D object processing
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What are scale errors? - ANSWER--young children's inappropriate use of an object
due to their failure to consider information about the object's size
What are grasp errors? - ANSWER--when a child tries to pick up an object from a
2D representation (like a photo)
What are media errors? - ANSWER--When a child uses interactive technology to
try and pass an object through a screen
What is habituation? - ANSWER--decreasing responsiveness with repeated
stimulation
What does habituation reveal about infant learning? - ANSWER--the speed of
habituation relates to information processing speed
What is statistical learning? - ANSWER--Detecting statistically predictable patterns
in environment
i.e. the regularity with which the sound of Mom's voice is followed by her face
What is the Godilocks Effect for infant learning? - ANSWER--avoiding patterns in
statistical learning that are too hard/esasy
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What is classical conditioning? - ANSWER--Learning through association
(i.e. infants meal through breast, so sucking motion at sight of breast)
What is the unconditioned stimulus? - ANSWER--A stimulus that evokes an
unconditioned response without previous conditioning
(i.e. nipple in mouth)
What is unconditioned response? - ANSWER--a reflexive response that is elicited
by the unconditional stimulus
(i.e. sucking motion)
What is the conditioned response - ANSWER--the orginally reflexive response that
comes to be elicited by the conditioned stimulus
(i.e. anticipatory sucking movement)
What is Operant conditioning? - ANSWER--learning relation between one's own
behaviour and the consequenes