Exam 5: Perceptual Development

Caron and Caron showed babies pictures with small objects on top of large objects until they had habituated. Later the babies looked longer at a different picture than at a new instance of a small-over-large. Which of the following would be a reasonable conclusion from this study?

Explain why it is best to introduce children to a second language in the first year of life. Cite relevant research to support your explanation.

Along with the four basic tastes detected by the taste buds on the tongue, __________ is another taste elicited by an amino acid, glutamate.

Researchers interested in infant perception of faces have found that

Whose research used habituation to determine that 3- and 4-month-old infants pay attention to patterns, not just to specific stimuli?

Depth perception based on kinetic cues and cross-modal transfer, especially coordination of binocular cues, FIRST became evident at what age?

By what age can infants first discriminate sounds at a four-degree shift from midline, which is nearly at an adult skill level?

Interposition and linear perspective

What is the youngest age at which babies can tell the difference between body odors?

When a baby uses another person's emotional reaction to some situation as a basis for deciding his/her own reaction, this is called __________ .

Treatment for postpartum depression can include __________ , __________ , and ___________ .

Jillian is four months old. She can use all of the depth cues EXCEPT

Discuss Spelke's and Baillargeon's research on object perception and what it tells us from a nativist versus empiricist perspective about whether children's knowledge of objects is built-in or learned.

The view that perceptual abilities are inborn is known as __________ .

Marge's one-month-old baby seems to be looking at Marge's face. What part of her face is the baby most likely to be looking at?

Which of the following is the best statement of the roles of internal and external influences in the development of perception?

Who devised the preference technique for studying early perceptual skills?

All of the following terms are related EXCEPT

Of all the senses, this is the most underdeveloped at birth.

A judgment of depth based on a slightly different visual image reaching each eye is based on ________ depth cues.