托福阅读笔记之TPO13 婴儿的感知能力

托福阅读笔记之TPO13 婴儿的感知能力

说到托福阅读备考，TPO是必不可少的备考神器，通过TPO练习来更好的适应阅读考试的节奏。本文小编带来的托福阅读笔记是TPO13 Methods of Studying Infant Perception的内容，希望能够与正在备考的大家一起进步。

TPO13 Methods of Studying Infant Perception

文章题材：生命学科——婴儿的感知能力

常见词汇：

quantifiableadj. 可以计量的

indication[.indi'keiʃən]n. 表示，指示，象征

overcome[.əuvə'kʌm]vt. 战胜，克服，(感情等)压倒，使受不了

display[di'splei]n. 显示，陈列，炫耀vt. 显示，表现

describe[dis'kraib]vt. 描述，画(尤指几何图形)，说成

multiple['mʌltipl]adj. 许多，多种多样的n. 倍数，并联

respond[ris'pɔnd]v. 回答，答复，反应，反响，响应

preference['prefərəns]n. 偏爱，优先，喜爱物

measurable['meʒərəbəl]adj. 可测量的

technique[tek'ni:k]n. 技术，技巧，技能

易错题解析：

Paragraph 1: In the study of perceptual abilities of infants, a number of techniques are used to determine infants' responses to various stimuli. Because they cannot verbalize or fill out questionnaires, indirect techniques of naturalistic observation are used as the primary means of determining what infants can see, hear, feel, and so forth. Each of these methods compares an infant's state prior to the introduction of a stimulus with its state during or immediately following the stimulus. The difference between the

two measures provides the researcher with an indication of the level and duration of the response to the stimulus. For example, if a uniformly moving pattern of some sort is passed across the visual field of a neonate (newborn), repetitive following movements of the eye occur. The occurrence of these eye movements provides evidence that the moving pattern is perceived at some level by the newborn. Similarly, changes in the infant's general level of motor activity —turning the head, blinking the eyes, crying, and so forth —have been used by researchers as visual indicators of the infant's perceptual abilities.

1. Paragraph 1 indicates that researchers use indirect methods primarily to observe the

○range of motor activity in neonates

○frequency and duration of various stimuli

○change in an infant's state following the introduction of a stimulus

○range of an infant's visual field

题型：推论题。答案是(C)

解析：题干关键词indirect methods定位至第二句，indirect techniques of naturalistic observation are used as the primary means of determining what infants can see, hear, feel, and so forth(用间接方法来观察婴儿能看到什么听到什么)，本句只是简单陈述，不知目的，看下句。Each of these methods compares an infant's state prior to the introduction of a stimulus with its state during or immediately following the stimulus(这些方法都对比刺激引入前婴儿产生的反应和刺激引入的同时或紧随其后时婴儿产生的反应。)，对应答案C：change in an infant's state following the introduction of a stimulus。

易错选项：(B)。

Paragraph 4: Two additional techniques of studying infant perception have come into vogue. The first is the habituation-dishabituation technique, in which a single stimulus is presented repeatedly to the infant until there is a measurable decline (habituation) in whatever attending behavior is being observed. At that point a new stimulus is presented, and any recovery (dishabituation) in responsiveness is recorded. If the infant fails to dishabituate and continues to show habituation with the new stimulus, it is assumed