Exam 4: Perceptual development

A method of studying infant perception is:

Evidence suggests that size constancy emerges at what age?

Motion parallax is a kinetic cue for depth,whereby objects that are closer appear to move faster than objects that are further away.

As a researcher you want to investigate the development of colour vision in newborns and infants. Explain how you would go about doing this.

It is assumed that babies may become familiar with certain sound patterns of their mother's voice whilst in the womb.

A 'top-down' approach to perception emphasises the way complex processes such as thinking and reasoning affect our sensory input interpretation.

The 'visual cliff' experiment is used to assess an infant's:

Infants' reaction to a painful event or stimulus is not always a direction indication of pain.It is also a response to:

One of the most influential ecological accounts or perceptual development was proposed by James and Eleanor Gibson.

Early experience of smells drives a child's olfactory development in terms of aversions and preferences.

Define sensation and perception and provide an example of both.

Children typically become sensitive to pictorial distance cues at five months of age.

Infants prefer to look at 'bottom-heavy' objects rather than 'top-heavy' objects.

Compare and contrast the key distinctions between learning theory,cognitive developmental theory and ethological theories of perceptual development.

Infant sensitivity to sounds depends on what factor?

It has been argued that,for infants and young children,the sense of ________ is more important than vision.

________ is the way individuals interpret or make sense of sensations.

In response to a sound,babies may tighten their eyelids and increase their breathing.

Being able to distinguish between a sharp sound and a dull sound reveals:

A theory of sensory and perceptual development that emphasises the role of experience in perceptual development is: