basic reflex

any of the infant reflexes of sucking, eye movement, grasping, and sound orientation. According to Piagetian theory, basic reflexes are a feature of the first substage of the sensorimotor stage, in which infants know the world only in terms of their inherited action patterns.

Browse dictionary by letter

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Psychology term of the day

November 18th 2024

paradigm clash

in science or philosophy, the conflict that occurs when a new set of fundamental assumptions about reality or human knowledge proves incompatible with an established set of such assumptions. For example, the doctrine of organic evolution challenged established thinking about the origin and nature of the living world and ultimately replaced previous theories.