Exam 6: Basic Learning and Perception

When presented with a picture of a woman's face,a two-month-old infant will likely fixate on the ________ while a four-month-old infant will likely fixate on the ________.

Research suggests that visual perceptual processing of nine-month-olds has become

A very young infant who is unable to detect the contours in a finely patterned checkerboard array is most likely to attend to this stimulus

A nipple elicits sucking in a newborn.The nipple is an unconditioned stimulus.

The reinstatement of the intensity,frequency,or duration of a response to a stimulus that has changed is called

How does face perception develop in childhood? What role does experience play in this development?

Toward the end of the first year of exposure to speech,our auditory functioning undergoes a reorganization that reduces sensitivity to sounds not part of our native language.This is an example of

According to some researchers,intermodal perception does not depend upon learning to coordinate the various senses.Instead,infants and children accumulate experience to recognize which sense is being stimulated,a process called

Four-year-old Michael was given a dark blue rubber ball,and he was asked to place it next to the ball it most resembled.Michael likely placed the ball next to

In observational learning,children take a more passive role than in classical or operant conditioning.

Justine,a three-month-old,smiles when she sees her favorite mobile as she is put in her crib.Her ________ the mobile is an important process that allows her to interpret and enjoy this situation.

Sopheap,a five-month-old born to parents in Cambodia who speak the Khmer language,

Who is more likely to be able to distinguish between phonemes found in languages other than his own?

Two-month-old Manuel was placed face down on a glass coffee table.Manuel is likely to

Infants too young to crawl will still

Do infants possess an innate ability to detect speech and phonemes? Explain your position using research-based examples.

Diana was sticking her tongue out at her little sister,Nicole,at the breakfast table.When baby Nicole saw her big sister later in the day,she began sticking out her tongue.Nicole is exhibiting

When shown a picture of a human face,Juan focuses on the chin and hairline,but Angelina focuses on the eyes.Based on their knowledge of the externality effect,researchers would probably assume that

The ability to locate a sound in space by turning the head or eyes in the direction of the sound is called

Eleanor Gibson's theory of perception is an example of operant conditioning.