PSYC 355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hanging, Puzzle Video Game, Hominidae

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 355
• Professor: Valerie Ann Kuhlmeier

Document Summary

Lecture 5: object physics: object permanence, solidity and support, gravity and solidity. Causality (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)strued at (cid:862)a (cid:448)ery ge(cid:374)eral le(cid:448)el i(cid:374) ter(cid:373)s of the (cid:272)o(cid:374)stru(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)eptual des(cid:272)riptio(cid:374)s of o(cid:271)je(cid:272)ts a(cid:374)d their intera(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s (cid:449)ith other o(cid:271)je(cid:272)ts(cid:863)- r. baillargeon. How we think objects move in the world: object permanence. Ability to reason about the location and movements of objects that are not directly visible. Impossible vs possible events (last week) (ie. 1+1=3?) 1/2 yo: do(cid:374)(cid:859)t sear(cid:272)h for o(cid:271)je(cid:272)ts that ha(cid:448)e go(cid:374)e out of sight. 5/6 yo: track possible movements of hidden objects (invisible displacement: stage 5: White dot = initial location of object. Black dot = current object location: stage 6: Put dot in little container, but littler container under big box. Spelke et al. (1992): table task w/ human infants. Object is dropped and lands behind an occluding screen. Two test events: consistent and inconsistent event: consistent: object lands on tabletop. Human infants look longer at inconsistent event.