PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Motor Skill, Prenatal Development, 18 Months
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David lee experiment where room"s walls and ceilings moved around. So there"s a stronger response to movement on the sides than movement in the front. When kids start standing they use visual info to balance self. The study above was unidirectional but other studies have oscillating rooms, causing adult to move back and forth at the same speed that they"re moving. Children also sway back and forth at same speed: child doesn"t even need to be standing to sway. In natural situation experiments carry ball from experimenter to mom; the kid often tried to get out of the hallway even though the hallways were restricted by a 2 by 4 barrier. They just tripped over it and kept going. Children of three ages were made to walk down a hall with a barrier to reach mom; wanted to see how the infant would pass barrier even if barrier got higher and higher.
