When sensory stimulation is changing but perception of the physical world remains constant it is referred to as?

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dynamic systems theory

infants assemble motor skills for perceiving and acting. to develop motor skills, infants must perceive something in the environment that motivates them to act and then use their perceptions to fine-tune their movements motor skills represent pathways to the infant's goals

reflex

allows infants to respond adaptively to their environment before they have had the opportunity to learn

rooting reflex

occurs when an infants cheek is stroked or the side of the mouth is touched. in response the infant turns its head toward the side that was touched in an apparent effort to find something to suck

sucking reflex

occurs when newborns suck an object placed in their mouth. this reflex enables newborns to get nourishment before they have associated a nipple with food; it also serves as self-soothing or self-regulating mechanism

moro reflex

occurs in response to a sudden, intense noise or movement. believed to be a way of grabbing for support while falling, because it would have had survival value for our primate ancestors

grasping reflex

occurs when something touches the infant's palms. infant responds by grasping tightly

gross motor skills

skills that involve large muscle activities such as moving one's arms and walking. develops before fine motor skills

fine motor skills

involve finely tuned movements. buttoning a shirt, typing, or doing any task that requires finger dexterity demonstrates fine motor skills.

sensation

occurs when information interacts with sensory receptors--the eyes, ears, tongue, nostrils, and skin.

perception

the interpretation of what is sensed

ecological view

we directly perceive information that exists in the world around us

affordances

opportunities for interaction offered by objects that fit within our capabilities to perform activities

visual preference method

studying whether infants can distinguish one stimulus from another by measuring the length of time they attend to different stimuli--research done by Franz

habituation

decreased responsiveness to a stimulus after repeated presentations of the stimulus

dishabituation

recovery of a habituated response after a change in stimulation

perceptual constancy

sensory stimulation is changing but perception of the physical world remains constant

size constancy

the recognition that an object remains the same even though the retinal image of the object changes as you move toward or away from the object

shape constancy

the recognition that an object remains the same shape even though its orientation to us changes

accommodation of the eye

the eye's ability to focus and maintain an image on the retina--declines most sharply between 40 and 59 years of age

presbyopia

loss of accommodation

dark adaption

is slower, older individuals take longer to recover their vision when going from a well lighted room to semidarkness

cataracts

thickening of the lens of the eye that causes vision to become cloudy, opaque, and distorted

glaucoma

damages the optic nerve because of the pressure created by a buildup of fluid in the eye

macular degeneration

disease that causes deterioration of the macula of the retina, which corresponds to the focal center of the visual field

pitch

the frequency of a sound

intermodal perception

involves integrating information from two or more sensory modalities, such as vision and hearing

palmer grasp

grasping an object with the whole hand

pincer grip

picking up an object with the thumb and forefinger

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What is when sensory stimulation is changing but perception of the physical world remains constant?

What is perceptual constancy? sensory stimulation is changing but perception of the physical world remains constant. Perceptual constancy allows the infant to perceive ________. its world as stable.

What term describes what occurs when information interacts with sensory receptors?

Sensation. - Occurs when information interacts with sensory receptors—the eyes, ears, tongue, nostrils, and skin. - The sensation of hearing occurs when waves of pulsating air are collected by the outer ear and transmitted through the bones of the inner ear to the auditory nerve.

What is the interpretation of sensory information called?

Perception is the mental process by which our brain organizes and interprets sensory information, transforming it into meaningful objects and events.

What perception involves integrating information from two or more sensory modalities?

This is intermodal perception, which involves integrating informa- tion from two or more sensory modalities, such as vision and hearing (Gergely & others, 2019). Most perception is intermodal (Bahrick, 2010; Kirkham & others, 2012).