chapter 5

Question 1

Perceptual narrowing refers to the phenomenon wherein

Answer 1

infants’ perception is fine-tuned through experience with stimuli in the environment.

Question 2

The process of combining information from two or more sensory systems is called

Answer 2

intermodal perception

Question 3

Dr. Huang shows 3-month-old infant photos of the same dog several times. After the first three showings, the infant response declines and she shifts her attention away from the picture. Dr. Huang’s study is demonstrating _____ in the infant.

Answer 3

habituation

Question 4

One-month-old Amir hears his little brother laugh loudly. He cannot see his brother but turns in the direction of his brother’s laughter. This indicates that Amir has the ability called

Answer 4

auditory localization.

Question 5

Raul is playing with his 2-month-old brother. He brings a stuffed cat closer to his face until he blinks. The blinking is an indication that his infant brother is sensitive to _____ cues.

Answer 5

optical expansion

Question 6

Research has shown that when sung to, infants prefer

Answer 6

dissonant music.

Question 7

Seven-month-old Kendra is looking at a picture of a meadow in which the closer trees and animals block the objects that are farther away. Kendra appears to be sensitive to the picture’s use of interposition, which is a type of

Answer 7

monocular depth cue.

Question 8

One method researchers use is to present two different visual stimuli are displayed side-by-side to an infant. If an infant looks longer at one of the two stimuli, the researcher can infer that the infant prefers one over the other. This is an example of _____.

Answer 8

the preferential-looking technique

Question 9

We perceive objects to be of a constant size, shape, color, etc., despite the physical differences in the retinal image of the object. This is called _____.

Answer 9

perceptual constancy