Psychology 2410A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Deeper Understanding, Susan Gelman, Face Perception

49 views14 pages

Document Summary

Piaget"s theory was based on his informal experiments with infants younger than 8 months. Out of sight, out of mind, 8 months and younger piaget says. What about people: developmental theories raise crucial questions about human nature. Piaget"s ideas led munakata and her colleagues to test whether 7 month olds failure to reach for hidden objects was due to their lacking the motivation or skill to retrieve them. Object-permanence experiment similar, but they placed the objects under transparent cover rather than under opaque one. In this situation, infants quickly removed the cover and regained the toy, demonstrating both motivated and had skills to do so: support piaget"s original interpretation. In contrast, experiment conducted by diamond indicated need to revise his theory. Use opaque covering again, but varied amount of time between when toy was hidden and when infant was allowed to reach for it.

Get access

Grade+20% off
$8 USD/m$10 USD/m
Billed $96 USD annually
Grade+
Homework Help
Study Guides
Textbook Solutions
Class Notes
Textbook Notes
Booster Class
40 Verified Answers
Class+
$8 USD/m
Billed $96 USD annually
Class+
Homework Help
Study Guides
Textbook Solutions
Class Notes
Textbook Notes
Booster Class
30 Verified Answers

Related Documents