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chapter 5: perception, knowledge and action in infancy Flashcards

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cognitive development

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the development of behaviors related to perception, attention, thinking, remembering and problem-solving

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mental representations

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an internal description of aspects of reality that persist in the absence of these aspects of reality

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visual acuity and level at birth

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the ability to make fine discriminations between the elements in the visual array, 1/30 of perfect vision at adulthood

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visual accomodation and level in infancy

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the ability to focus on objects irrespective of their distance to the eye, poor

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when do acuity and accomodation improve

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in the first 6 months

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how can perception in infancy be studies

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visual preference method or habituation techniques

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visual preference method

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infants are shown two objects side by side, the amount of time they spend looking at each one is compared - implies discrimination

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habituation techniques

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the process by which attention to a stimulus gradually declines over time and recovers when a new stimuli is presented

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shape perception in newborns

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capable of perceiving differences between simple shapes (cross, triangle, square, circle)

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problems for infant perception

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they might be discriminating between the forms on the basis of the presence of a single feature in one stimulus and its absence in others

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experiments for perception in newborns - what are they discriminating actually

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can discriminate between line orientations, 4-month-olds could discriminate on the basis of angular relationships but at 6-weeks couldn’t

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size constancy

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understanding that an object remains the same size despite its retinal image size changing as it moves closer to or away from us

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shape constancy

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understanding that an object remains the same shape even though its retinal image shape changes when it’s viewed from different angles

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experiment with size constancy

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newborns look longer at an object of different size than at the same object at a new distance even when the new object is placed at a distance that leads to the same retinal image - respond to true change in size

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retinal image size

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the size of visually perceived object on the retina of the eyes, will vary depending on the real size of the object and its distance from the observer

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object unity

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understanding that an object is whole or complete even though part of it may be hidden

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experiment with object unity

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habituated 4-month-olds to rod moving back and forth behind the box, looked longer at separate parts - only when the rod moves (common motion)
at 2 months - only showed the same results if the occluding box was made narrow

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when can newborns show object unity

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when the stimuli are presented stroboscopically

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object moves behind an occlude experiment

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habituating infants to an event in which an object moved back and forth disappearing behind an occlude in the central part of its trajectory
6 months - perceive it as continuous
4 months - only when the occlude was narrow or the object was out of sight very briefly
2 months - perceive it as discontinuous

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subjective contour

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when only parts of an object are presented, the remaining contours are filled in, in order that the complete shape can be perceived

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subjective contour experiment

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habituated to a subjective contours of a square and then measuring looking at a real square vs other object
doesn’t exist at birth but does 4+ months

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face perception experiment

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facial features in the right places vs in a jumbled array vs no features but same overall brightness
preference for face in the 1st month
criticism - facial arrangement contained more info around the edges
later for 2 and 4 months

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what happened when they moved schematic stimuli int he visual field of newborns

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followed faces longer and further

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what are the two mechanisms behind face preference

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two process account - innate subcortical mechanism (CONSPEC) that leads them to attend preferentially to facies of the same species + after second month - CONLERN - specialization
preference for certain properties of stimuli that aren’t face specific (top heavy stimuli)

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difficulties of face discrimination experiments with infants and how were they combated

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also able to identify their mothers by the sense of smell (perfume) and the mother also recognizes her child (videotapes)

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when are newborns capable of discriminating between the mother’s and female stranger’s face

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within days of birth

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attractiveness bias in infants explained

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the prototypical face (attractive) might trigger the face recognition system

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until when are babies able to discriminate Barbary macaque monkeys

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can at 6 months not at 9

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when can infants discriminate other races and infant faces

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at 3 months can’t by 9

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when is preference for female faces found

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by 3 months, only for the same race + male for those with male caregivers

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what did Piaget say about imitation

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impossible until infants are capable of representing self and others (late in infancy_

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how was imitation studied

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blind raters asked to identify the gesture made by the infant as matching the one the adult had been modeling

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when do infants prenatally start responding to auditory stimuli

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at 26 their heart rate is changed in relation to auditory stimuli, respond at 12 weeks

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what other animals can make similar speech sound discrimination to very young infants

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chinchilla rabbits

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cognition

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psychological processes that involve mental representations and thus that go beyond perception

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object permanence

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the ability to understand that even if an object is no longer visible, it continues to exist

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what did Piaget say, when did development of mental representations happen

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not before 9 months

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when can children solve the A not B error

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8-12 months

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violation of expectation technique

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infants are shown an event and are then shown two new events, now of which is possible and one of which isn’t - typically look longer at the impossible one

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flap violation experiment

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5 months - familiarized with a repeated event in which a flap rotated from flat on the table through 180 degrees so that was again flat on the table
possible - the flap rotated to hide a block and stopped
impossible - the flap rotated 180 degrees appearing to move through the block (more similar to the original event) - looked longer

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truck violation experiment

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familiarized with an event in which a truck ran down a track and passed behind a screen
possible: a block is placed behind the track
impossible: block on the track which the truck just passes
infants at 6 and 8 months - looked longer at the impossible event + at 4 months

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ball roll violation experiment

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2-month-olds familiarized to an event in which a ball rolled behind a screen, the screen was raised to show the ball resting against an end wall
possible - screen lifted to show a ball next to the obstruction
impossible - ball beyond the obstruction - looked longer
the top of the obstruction was visible, not full object permanence

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core knowledge

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basic information about the world, about the physical properties of object available to the very young infant, possibly innaate

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two types of moving object events experiment

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familiarized infants at 3 and 4 months to them
in both - 2 screens present, continuous event, an object moved behind the first screen and showed up from it, disappeared behind the second one and showed up again + discontinuous - the middle segment of the object’ trajectory was omitted, disappeared behind the first screen and an identical object showed up after a delay
those familiarized with the continuous movement looked longer at the two objects and the other way around

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width of the screen experiment

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at 7 and 9 months - shown a moving object event in which an object disappeared behind a screen and a different one emerged from the other side
looked longer when the screen was too narrow for both objects

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subitising

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the ability to perceive directly the number of items without consciously counting them or using another form of calculation

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subitising experiment in infants

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habituated 4 to 7 month old infants to patterns of certain number of dots (2 or 3) and then tested for dishabituation to the other number and a large number condition - dishabituated to the number change

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hand moving objects experiment

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infants at 4 and 5 months presented with a single object, a screen hid it, a hand appeared with a second object and placed it behind the screen or took one away if there was 2 in the beginning- looked longer at what wasn’t expected
also looked longer when presented with 1+1 but got 3 objects

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will infants look for an object under a transparent cup

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yes, even if they failed when the cup wasn’t transparent - only problem is when one object conceals another, difficulty understanding the relationship between the object and the occlude

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response perseveration

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repeating a previously learned response usually when it’s no longer appropriate

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memory theory for A not B

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infants rarely made errors if they were allowed to look for the object immediately at B - interference occurred between memory of the object at the first location and memory of it at the second location

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problem with the memory theory for A not B

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errors occurred even when the object was fully in view at the B location + errors when the object was placed under a transparent cover at B

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A as a container explanation

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infants might be exploring place A for further objects - treat A as a container

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dogs vs wolves A not B (why does this exist)

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wolves didn’t make errors on B trials but dogs did in communicative conditions, improved in non-communicative conditions

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attention A not B theory

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when attention is distracted during the delay, perseveration behaviors increased
longer looks and larger % of time spent looking during a focal attention task correlated with success on the AB task

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connection between A not B and SES

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low SES - delayed development on the task, high SES - higher overall attention, greater increases in attention to complex stimuli

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frontal cortex

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involved in emotional experiences and many cognitive abilities

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executive functions

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the process whereby behavior is directed and controlled in order that the desired goal will be achieved

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AB task and EEG activation

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association, but difficult because infant movements can interfere with EEG
resting EEG might not be valid - maybe those with lower resting activity show a larger increase in activation

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did infants who made AB errors show evidence of knowing where the object was

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yes, looked longer

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