PSYCH211 Lecture Notes - Dead Reckoning, Mental Rotation, New Approach
20 Mar 2013
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Turning off lights! (including big and small objects) big objects required two hands, small objects required small hands. Why does a not b error happens: according to piaget: Infants don"t understand independent existence of objects from action. The child"s act of searching causes the object to exists. Errors increases as # of a trials increases. Errors can occur even if transparent cups used. Looking versus reaching the eyes drives the answer but contradicted by hands. Motor response maybe when the kid is repeatedly reaching to location a, then the kid will have this motor habit and just automatically do it even if the right location is b. Memory trace you put the object multiple times in one location and not in the other location and that makes your memory stronger. Data: ostensive communication has the weakest correct answer when the location is at b, it increases as to.
