chapter 5 Flashcards
the nervous system receives, selects, modifies and organizes stimulation form the world by using…
sensory and perceptual processes
Babies pay attention when a novel stimulus is first presented, but they pay less attention as it becomes
more familiar. This phenomenon is called…
habituation
When an infant habituates to a stimulus, such as a picture…
the infant will pay less attention to the stimulus as it becomes more familiar
in newborns, the sense of smell is…
well developed
newborn’s sense of smell…
is well developed at birth
newborn are able to detect which of the following tastes…
salty, sour, bitter, and sweet tastes
most newborns prefer which of the following tastes?
sweet and salty
the pain cry in infants…
is often accompanied by agitated movement of hand and arms
the leading cause of hearing impairments that occur after birth is…
menimgitis
_____ is the smallest pattern that can be visually distinguished dependably.
visual acuity
visual acuity assesses how…
clearly an infant can see
infant Nina will probably look longest at…
black and white stripes
at what age can babies track movement with their eyes?
from birth
by what age do infants typically have vision as good as that of normal adults?
by one year of age
colour is detected with specialized neurons in the retina of the eye called…
cones
