PSYCH 2AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Almost Surely, Object Permanence, Hideki Matsutake
2 Apr 2016
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Underestimation: abilities of children, wants infants to behave intentionally to show they know something, complex questions. Imitation: found that the baby would be clumsy with what they were trying to imitate, weren"t able to mentally represent, argued that tasks were too difficult for age group, study took neonates (12-21 days) Watch to see if baby makes face back. 8% for mouth opening: replication issues. Can"t find reliable imitation in babies until ~9 mo. Deferred imitation: create mental representation so you can do the action without the model, 18 mo , piaget said this wasn"t possible without mental representation, research suggests younger infants can do this w/o mental representation. Demonstrate rudimentary form of memory (nothing elaborate) If the infant doesn"t respond to new stimuli, must remember initial stimuli: piaget said you can"t have memory until there is representation. Surprised by any type of lasting memory: rovee-collier mobile experiment. Control group lay in crib looking at mobile.
