Chapter 6 - Sensory & Perception
Development & Attention
2-3 month milestone - correct answer-Brightness: detect 5% at 2 months
Color: mature at 2-3 months
Explore figure interiors
Prefer normal faces
According to Lambert & Drack, what time period is considered to be a 'critical period' in
visual development? - correct answer-0-3 months
According to your text, when can infants perceive a 'meaningful face'? - correct answer-2-3
months of age
adult sensory thresholds ___________ - correct answer-increase
age related changes to vision - correct answer-Cataracts, Presbyopia, Age-related macular
degeneration (AMD), Retinitis pigmentosa (RP), Glaucoma
age-related macular degeneration - correct answer-Photoreceptors in the middle of the
retina, the macula, deteriorates. Loss of central vision.
Bottom up processing - correct answer-sensation
Can babies hear before birth? - correct answer-Yes; fetuses can hear some things outside of
the womb 3 months before birth
Cataracts - correct answer-clouding of the lens
common motion - correct answer-If things move together they are likely part of the same
object (4 months, dalmatian video)
contour - correct answer-The amount of light-dark transition or boundary area in a visual
stimulus.
cross modal matching - correct answer-ability to recognize objects presented in two different
sensory modalities
dark adaptation - correct answer-The process in which the eyes become more sensitive to
light in low illumination.
Decibels - correct answer-measuring unit for sound energy
development of attention - correct answer-Newborn: movement and sound
2-3 years: 18 mins
Development & Attention
2-3 month milestone - correct answer-Brightness: detect 5% at 2 months
Color: mature at 2-3 months
Explore figure interiors
Prefer normal faces
According to Lambert & Drack, what time period is considered to be a 'critical period' in
visual development? - correct answer-0-3 months
According to your text, when can infants perceive a 'meaningful face'? - correct answer-2-3
months of age
adult sensory thresholds ___________ - correct answer-increase
age related changes to vision - correct answer-Cataracts, Presbyopia, Age-related macular
degeneration (AMD), Retinitis pigmentosa (RP), Glaucoma
age-related macular degeneration - correct answer-Photoreceptors in the middle of the
retina, the macula, deteriorates. Loss of central vision.
Bottom up processing - correct answer-sensation
Can babies hear before birth? - correct answer-Yes; fetuses can hear some things outside of
the womb 3 months before birth
Cataracts - correct answer-clouding of the lens
common motion - correct answer-If things move together they are likely part of the same
object (4 months, dalmatian video)
contour - correct answer-The amount of light-dark transition or boundary area in a visual
stimulus.
cross modal matching - correct answer-ability to recognize objects presented in two different
sensory modalities
dark adaptation - correct answer-The process in which the eyes become more sensitive to
light in low illumination.
Decibels - correct answer-measuring unit for sound energy
development of attention - correct answer-Newborn: movement and sound
2-3 years: 18 mins
