The Newborn Early Capacities

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The Newborn Early Capacities
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Reflexes

• Simple unlearned stimulus-response sequences that
  are common to all members of the species.
• Approach
• Avoidance
• Other

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Vision

• 20/600 (check book) at birth
• See best
• 8 inches from face
• High contrast
• Movement
• 5.5 months 20/100
• 7 months approximately 20/20
• Color vision at least by 1 month

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Taste

• Sweet
• Sour
• Bitter
• Salty

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Smell

• Directional response
• Approach pleasant odors (bananas, chocolate, etc)
• Avoid unpleasant odors (rotton eggs, shrimp, etc)

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Touch

• Very sensitive to touch
• Feel pain

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Audition

• Begin to hear before birth (7th prenatal month)
• Click Study

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• Moms vs. dads voices
• 36 to 72 hours after birth