Ch 10: Sensory- Perceptual Development
1- 4 months - correct answer-at this age, infants can discriminate basic speech sounds
10 years - correct answer-by this age, children can score 20/20
3rd prenatal month - correct answer-cochlea of inner ear
5-11 months - correct answer-intensity changes are detected by
6 months - correct answer-By that month is vision adequate for locomotion through the
environment?
6 months - correct answer-simple frequencies are discriminted under
absolute threshold - correct answer-minimal detectible sound that the hearer can sense at
least half of the time a signal is sounded
infants threshold is about 60 dB higher
3 months infants can hear low freq. well
acuity - correct answer-sharpness of sight
in first month, this is 5% of adult level
age related maculopathy - correct answer-is a disease affecting the central area of the retina
that provides detailed vision
auditory perception - correct answer-- involves perception of LOCATION
- differences in similar sound PATTERNS
- auditory figure and ground
body awareness - correct answer-identification of body parts
children master: UP & DOWN then FRONT & BACK then SIDE TO SIDE
depth perception - correct answer-is a person's judgement of the distance from self to an
object or place in space
by 6 months, infants perceive this
detection threshold - correct answer-is the point on a continuum at which the energy level is
just sufficient for one to register the presence of a stimulus
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