infant studies
- Created by: georgialennard
- Created on: 18-04-15 11:06
View mindmap
- perceptual development: infant studies
- depth perception: monocular cues: Gibson and walk (visual cliff)
- binocular cues: Bower tested retinal disparity by showing different info to each eye so a 3d image appeared.
- Bower (1966) used an operant conditioning technique, where infants were rewarded when they viewed one object, so they should prefer it in the future.
- size constancy- Slater used the habituation method showing infants different sized cubes.
- criticisms of visual cliff study-- 6 month old infants had plenty of experience. animal support, chicks and goats avoided the deep side suggesting depth perception is innate.
- research suggests many aspects of perception are innate.
- IDA- nature nurture debate- blakemoore and cooper- kittens . problems with studying NN in infants- they have experiences in the womb, some innate abilities don't appear until fully matured.
- methodological problems- techniques rely on assumptions. investigator bias. poor visual acuity.
- IDA- real world application- visual deprivation can result in permanent damage unless corrected early enough.
- methodological problems- techniques rely on assumptions. investigator bias. poor visual acuity.
- depth perception: monocular cues: Gibson and walk (visual cliff)
Comments
No comments have yet been made