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12 Cards in this Set
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Starting Kit limited to... |
- Reflexes - Sensory abilities - Socio-economic capabilities |
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Reflexes |
- Inborn automatic responses to different forms of stimulation. Gives quick indication of neurological status. Some may be refined into complex behaviours, others drop out. - E.g. Babinski, crawling, grasping, rooting, moro, stepping |
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Sensory abilities |
- STSTS |
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Sight |
Poor acuity (20/600), colour perception by 1month, Depth perception (binocular, pictorial depth) |
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Touch |
Sensitiveto temp changes; Sensitivity to pain (controversial) - physiological indicatorssuggest pain, not possible to assess cognitively; Tiffany Field's researchshows positive benefits of massage for infants with parent suffering addiction,or physical/mental illness |
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Sound |
DECASPER. Infants can discriminate mum's voice from female stranger. |
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Taste |
Difference in mouth chemistry. Sensory experience different for infants. Adult taste system reached by early adolescence. |
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Smell |
MacFarlane- Infants prefer their mum's scent over a lactating stranger. |
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Socio-economic capabilities |
- Early emotions: Expressions - Anger, interest, fear, disgust, joy, sadness - Infants can imitate expression after 3 days, and thereby recognize emotion |
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Spitz(1965) - Psychotoxemia or Reactive Attachment Disorder |
37%of infants placed in an orphanage died and almost all infants' development wasdelayed. They were more venerable to infection, had feeding and sleepingproblems. |
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Ainsworth et al. 1978 - Variation in Attachment |
Strange Situation - elicits differing levels of distress. Established 'three types' of attachment: - Secure - Anxious-resistant - Anxious-avoidant |
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Variation in Temperament |
Three types - Easy (40%) - Difficult (10%) - Slow to Warm Up (15%) - UNCLASSIFIABLE (35%) |
