PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Object Permanence, Egocentrism, Dishabituation
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Slide 2 new research on sensorimotor stages. Piaget engaged in tasks that were extremely difficult for the child. If other measures were used, maybe we would be able to see things in the child that piaget couldn"t. If children have no object permanence, the child should have no expectations in terms of what will come out from behind the screen. A trials toy hidden under cup a in front of infant, infant searches cup a. B trials toy hidden under cup b in front of infant, infant searches cup b. If a child sees a parent do a behaviour for fun, the child will interpret the behaviour as fun: experiment hit the button with hands tied. Adult uses head to hit the button, the child understands that the adult is using their head because their hands are tied, the child will use hands to hit the button.
