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| basic proscessing of sensory input |
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| process of organizing and interpreting sensory information |
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| preferential-looking technique |
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| a method for determining visual preference in infants |
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| the ability to detect differences in light and dark areas in patterns |
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| central region of the retina |
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| the perception of objects remaining constant even though the physical image in the retina changes |
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| the idea that an object occludes more and more of the visual field as it comes closer and closer |
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| the difference between the retinal image of an object in each eye that causes a disparity |
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| the process of combining the differing visual signals from each retina into one perception of depth |
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| monocular or pictorial cues |
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| the cues of depth that can be picked up on with one eye alone (relative size) |
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| perception of the location in space of a sound source |
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| combining info from one or more sensory systems |
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| clumsy swiping at objects in the general vicinity |
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| moving around the environment on their own |
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| an error made by a child in an effort to perform an action on a much too small object |
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| the ability to discriminate between stable and instable components of the environment |
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| the possibilities for action offered by objects and situations |
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| a form of learning that involves a learned stimulus eliciting a reflexive response |
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| stim that reliably elicits a reflex unlearned response |
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| the reflex displayed when the uncond stim is present |
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| stim that repeatedly occurs just before the uncond stim |
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| a reflex that comes to occur just after the cond stim |
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| instrumental/operant conditioning |
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| learning that involves the relationship between the behavior and the consequences |
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| the addition of a pleasant stimulus that follows a behav in order to increase its likelihood |
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| the removal of an aversive stimulus to increase behav |
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| the addition of an aversive stimulus to decrease behav |
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| the removal of a pleasant stimulus to decrease behav |
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| the phenomenon of infants expressing surprise at a physically impossible event |
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