module 7 chapter 6

Question 1

What is one indicator that infants are paying attention to something

Answer 1

Where they look at

Question 2

What are the three aspects of attention?

Answer 2

orienting
selecting
maintaining

Question 3

Sam heard a vase drop and looked at the vase

what is Sam doing?

Answer 3

Orienting

Question 4

Jill likes to stare at her mothers lips.

what is Jill doing?

Answer 4

Selecting.

Question 5

Bob stares intently at the tv despite her parents yelling in the background.

What is Bob doing

Answer 5

Maintaining

Question 6

What happens when babies do not attend to something?

Answer 6

They do not process

Question 7

As sarah gets older she looks at the same stimulus for shorter periods of time.

What does this say about babies development.

Answer 7

As babies get older infants process visual info quicker and need less time to look at stimulus to learn about

Question 8

When baby is confronted with a large object and a complex what happens?

Answer 8

Orient to big
maintain on complex

Question 9

What part of attention do younger infants struggle with

Answer 9

orienting and disengage

especially disengage

Question 10

When the central target disappears before the peripheral target pops up what does this show and what is the outcome?

Answer 10

1. orienting
2. 1 month older slower than 3-6 mos, meaning orienting improves with age

Question 11

when peripheral shows up while there is a central target what happens in comparison to when the central target was not there?

Answer 11

Babies are slower to disengage
even adults.