CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -An orienting reflex occurs when someone is confronted with a personally significant stimulus. The orienting reflex has its origin with Pavlov and it is described in psychophysiology as a response to novelty; the habituation of the orienting reflex is determined by personal significance.

Detailed explanation-2: -The orienting response (OR), also called orienting reflex, is an organism’s immediate response to a change in its environment, when that change is not sudden enough to elicit the startle reflex.

Detailed explanation-3: -usually referred to as the orienting response. In dogs and other animals this includes such signs of attention as pricked-up ears, head turned toward the stimulus, increased muscular tension, and physiological changes detectable with instruments.

Detailed explanation-4: -The orienting response is the response to any novel or significant, but non-aversive, stimulus. It is thought to signal a shift of attention to that stimulus and to facilitate stimulus processing.