Psychology 2040A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Habituation, Subitizing, Brainstem
31 Oct 2014
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They quickly come to divide the things in the world into broad categories: inanimate objects, people, other living things. Different types of concepts apply to different types of objects. These distinctions among categories are important for children to make accurate inferences about unfamiliar objects. Children form category hierarchies, that is, categories related by set-subset relations. (most general general medium specific) 2-3. For infants, they perform habituation to show their categorization of objects. They show dishabituatation among the different mammals. (cats, dog, elephants fish ) Perceptual categorization, they grouping together of objects that have similar appearances. Infants categorize objects along perceptual dimensions, including color, size and movement. Based on specific parts of an object rather than on the object as a whole. As children approach their 2nd birthday, they increasingly categorize objects on the basis of the object"s overall shape. By the end of 1st year, infants form categories on the basis of objects" functions.
