PSY1004 WEEK 9

Question 1

give research evidence for the impact of motion development on cognitive ability

Answer 1

9 months who could crawl had better flexible memory than those who couldn’t
both could remember target action but only crawlers retrieve memories in new context

Question 2

define perception

Answer 2

how we see, hear and directly experience the world

Question 3

define cognition

Answer 3

how we form, use and act upon internal thoughts and states

Question 4

explain the A not B task (measuring object perception - mental representation)

Answer 4

9 month persist in reaching to old location, due to response preservation due to habits and memory limitation, attention, immature frontal cortices

Question 5

what 2 types of understanding do infants possess about number

Answer 5

precise understanding of very small numbers, approximate understanding of larger numbers

Question 6

explain how a 4/5month old can be tested about number

Answer 6

showing a possible event (1/2 objects visibly removed, then when screen removed only one objects left) or impossible event (1/2 objects removed, then see 2 appear after screen is removed)
infants look longer at impossible event

Question 7

explain the approximate number system

Answer 7

infant able to individuate small numbers, but possess system for estimating large quantities - primitive and non-verbal representation of number to allow broad comparisons of quantity