EDHD 411 Lecture 9: 3-17-2017
15 Mar 2017
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From cues and instincts to rational inferences. Early knowledge: cues: faces, eyes, voices. Imitate inorder to achieve a goal: share attention for communication. Infer a person is there who you cannot see: rational or less rational imitation. Are we hard wired for this recognition. If it had a face and acted contingently (acted with a cue- made a noise when the baby made a noise) A lot of it is brightnesss- usually tops of faces are lighter, and like to look at it. Attention to certai kinds of stimuli, not just faces. 6 month olds are sensitive to difference in didtntity for monkeys and humans: can tell difference between monkeys and humans, evolutionary ancient thing that is shared with non-human relatives-- broad. 9 months olds sensitive to indifity only for humans: get habituatated to humans, so cant tell difference with monkeys. 5 months infants are surpirsied when hands reaches in and has a new goal.
