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Question 1

What are nativists?

Answer 1

Descarte
He argued that abilities are innate
The human mind is equipped with all the necessary abilities for humans to operate.

Question 2

What are empiricists?

Answer 2

John Locke
He argued that we came into this world as blank slates
Our abilities develop with experience and interactions with the environment

Question 3

What are constructivist?

Answer 3

Piaget was a constructivist
He believed that knowledge is a matter of constant construction through interaction with reality and environment.
Crede ce crede mami
You are born with predespositions that develop through experience

Question 4

When do babies understand that behaviours have consequences?

Answer 4

At around 8 weeks babies understand cause and effect and that behaviours have consequence.

Question 5

Can babies discriminate between visual patterns?

Answer 5

One week old infants prefer patterns with curved edges rather than straight.

Question 6

Pattern complexity

Answer 6

Preference for complexity increases with age
1 month old prefer to look at checkerboards with 12 squares
By 2 months they prefer to look at more squares

Question 7

Preference to symmetry

Answer 7

By 4 months infants prefer symmetrical to asymmetrical patterns

Question 8

Preference for faces

Answer 8

By 2 months babies prefer natural faces
1 month old infants look at small part faces, usally the boundaries
2 month old babies show more focus on internal features

Question 9

Smiling from frowning

Answer 9

3-6 months old can distinguish smiling from frowning
By 3 months infants prefer faces rated by adults as attractive to those rated as unattractive
By 4 months infants react differently to happy and angry faces