1. DEVELOPMENTAL Ψ Perceptual Development, Emotional Development

2. Perceptual Development Sight, Hearing, Smell, Taste, Touch

3. Vision 20/500 after birth (not good) = 8-12” 20/100 around six months = 5-8’ Reaches 20/20 around age 4 = 20’ It appears that depth perception develops around 6 months. –Visual Cliff Experiment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VPaBcT1KdY

4. Hearing much more developed at birth than vision –Why? Auditory Localization - tell where sounds are coming from.

5. 5 How We Locate Sounds (Sound Localization)

6. Taste, Smell & Touch are fairly advanced at birth.

7. Motor Development Maturation- development that reflects the gradual unfolding of one’s genetic blue print. Cephalocaudal trend – head to foot direction of motor development. Proximodistal trend – center-outward direction of motor development.

8. Early Emotional Development Attachment – refers to the close, emotional bonds of affection that develop between infants and their caregivers. Separation anxiety- emotional distress seen in many infants when they are separated from people with whom they have formed an attachment. Harlow Study – monkeys and wire mothers. –http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsA5Sec6dAIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsA5Sec6dAI Bowlby Study – biological attachment – –http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwxjfuPlArYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwxjfuPlArY Ainsworth – complex interplay between mother & infant. –http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHP_NikTkaohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHP_NikTkao

9. 3 types of Attachments Secure attachment – comes from stability, consistency and confidence. Anxious-ambivalent attachment – excessive separation anxiety. Comes from instability in needs being met. Avoidant attachment – child seeks little to no contact. “cold”