PSYCH211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Indigo Bunting, Page Layout, Animacy

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH211
• Professor: Mathieu Le Corre

Document Summary

By 7. 5 months, babies" understanding of the world is similar to adults. We are born with the capacity to identify objects (indigo bunting) As early as we can look/see well, babies know that objects are permanent. When objects are not supported by something below it, they fall. Show babies block floating, block floating touching the side of the stage, the block balancing on the tip of the stage, and the block sitting half on the stage. @ 3 months: babies look a lot longer at the floating block than the other 3. The thing we are born with is saying things don"t fall when they are in contact with another object (that"s why the other 3 blocks didn"t surprise the babies) Progression from contact at bottom, to block sitting on half of bottom. @ 5 months: babies are surprised by an object contacting another on its side.