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12 Cards in this Set
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preferential looking
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babies look more at stimuli they find novel or interesting; if a baby looks about the same at each stimulus, they may be indistinguishable
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habituation
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a baby becomes habituated to the same stimulus; then add new stimulus...if baby does not spend more time looking at it, then it may be indistinguishable from the previous stimulus; used to measure if the baby can perceive a change (JND)
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what visual skills is a baby poor at at less than 2 months?
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acuity, contrast, depth, color, object recognition
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what are the reasons for poor visual performance at birth?
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cones and optical nerves not completely developed, not able to control their eye movements very well
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what is one object that a two-day-old can recognize?
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her mother's face
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what is one thing babies can detect almost immediately? what type of stimuli are preferred by babies at 2 weeks?
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movement, moving stimuli
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what can a baby do with a sound almost immediately after birth?
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orient to it
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what is one reason for babies hearing thresholds being less sensitive than adults?
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ossicles not fully developed
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by one month, distinction of what is better than adults?
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phonemes
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True/false: newborns can recognize odors
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true
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what taste sensations can a baby register at birth?
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sweet, sour, bitter
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which taste does the baby not register until after several months? what may this have to do with?
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salt, breast-feeding a sweaty mother
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