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Define Sensation |
Awareness resulting from stimulation of a sense organ. |
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Define Perception |
The state of being or process of becoming aware of something through the senses.
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What is a Gondola? |
A cabin the kitten was placed it preventing it from touching the ground and moving on its own. |
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What were the two Independent Variables? |
1. Kitten pairs 'X' and pairs 'Y' 2. Active kitten and passive kitten |
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What was the design of the experiment? |
Independent group- Each kitten performed only one condition of the IV. |
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Name 2 control of the study. |
1. All kittens in each group were exposed to the same environment for the same amount of time and performed the exact same tests. 2. All kittens had the same living conditions and spent time with their mother. |
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Name the 3 main tests |
1. Visually guided paw placement 2. Avoidance of a visual cliff 3. Blink to an approaching object. |
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Define neonatal deprivation |
Restricting development of newborn animals |
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Define plasticity |
Brain's ability to change the way it functions in response of changes in the environent |
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What was the type of data produced? |
Quantitative data. |
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Name the 3 additional tests |
1. Pupillary reflex to light 2. Tactual placing response 3. Visual pursuit of a moving object |
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Why did they use a patterned environment? |
So that the kittens only got used to one type of environment. |
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Pupillary reflex |
Light shone into the eyes of a normal kitten. The pupil will shrink in response. |
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Paw-placement |
Kitten was held above a table and slowly moved towards it. A normal kitten would extend its paws to touch it. |
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Visual cliff |
Equipment like a bridge between two tables with an 'invisible' glass surface between them. One side covers a shallow drop and the other a deep drop. A normal kitten would walk across onto the shallow surface. |
