Motor, Sensory and Perceptual Development

Question 1

Describe sensation

Answer 1

Info interacts with sensory receptors

Question 2

Describe perception

Answer 2

The interpretation of info thru senses

Question 3

Action is based on _______.

Answer 3

perception

Question 4

T/F: Babies can differentiate between mom’s smell and another person’s smell.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Babies can feel/remember _____.

Answer 5

pain

Question 6

At birth vision is _________.

Answer 6

20/240 (vison is adult like by age 1)

Question 7

What is habituation?

Answer 7

decreased responsiveness to a stimulus after repeated presentation

Question 8

What is dishabituation?

Answer 8

recovery of habituated response after change in stimulus

Question 9

What is something babies can do that we adults can’t do in terms of recognizing faces?

Answer 9

Babies can recognize different faces of the same species of animals

Question 10

Pattern peaks _______.

Answer 10

interest

Question 11

What is perceptual constancy?

Answer 11

Provides stability in comprehension of the world

Question 12

What is intermodal perception?

Answer 12

Integrating info from 2 or more senses

Question 13

Describe dynamic systems theory.

Answer 13

Understanding of how processes change over time
Perception and action are linked
How humans gain knowledge from everyday actions

Question 14

Karen Adolf’s studies showed what?

Answer 14

Motor skills are not transferable.

Question 15

In regard to fine motor movements, describe the stages for Infancy, childhood and adolescence

Answer 15

Infancy: Reaching and grasping
Early childhood: pick up small things and stack/build
Childhood and adolescence: handwriting, art, music