1. Human Behavior
Ch. 9-2

2. Genie Story

3. Neonates New born babies Reflexes: Rooting Sucking Swallowing Grasping
Stepping
Will respond to faces and voices

4. Temperament
Characteristic patters of emotional reactions and emotional self-regulation
Some babies like being held, others do not
Biological and environmental factors contribute to behavior and stability of behavior
Babies act differently if born after a stressful time in the womb
Babies can hear in the womb
Voices and music
They know mom and dad

5. Vision
Unlike puppies and kittens, human babies are born with their eyes open and functioning
Can see faces and objects 8-10 inches
Takes 3-4 years to fully develop
Like to look at certain individuals
Like mom and dad
They know someone is a stranger

6. Depth Perception
Can not find evidence of depth perception before 4 months
Develops well when they crawl between 6-12 months
Visual cliffs show this, pg. 314

7. Maturation
An automatic biological unfolding of development in an organism as a function of the passage of time
Changes
Crawling to walking
Can only change when “ready”
Can only walk when it is time, use arms more when they are ready

8. Sensory-Motor Stage
In Piaget’s theory, the stage of cognitive development between birth and 2 years of age in which the individual develops object permanence and acquires the ability to form mental representaitons.

9. Object Permanence
The concept that things continue to exist even when they are out of sight
Early on it is “out of sight, out of mind”
18-24 months, develop a sense of object permanence
It takes experience

10. Mental Representations
Mental images or symbols (such as words) used to think about or remember an object, a person, or an event
Manipulate things in their head