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Definitions and explanations of key terms related to the study of naive theorists and object permanence in infant cognitive development. Topics include the core knowledge perspective, naive theorists in physics, psychology, and biology, theory-theory, object permanence, and the 'car rolling on track study' by baillargeon. The process of categorization is also discussed in the context of the 'cat and dog study' by quinnetal.
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TERM 1
DEFINITION 1 innate, specialized learning abilitiesTheory-theory- theorynaive theorists-3 domains TERM 2
DEFINITION 2 Babies come into the world with hunches about the world TERM 3
DEFINITION 3 Babies have an understanding of how objects interact. (dropping things)Many evidence for this TERM 4
DEFINITION 4 intuition and understanding of other people; their thought and feelingsEmotional responsiveness: knowing people have thoughts and feelings TERM 5
DEFINITION 5 Living vs. nonliving things; knowing animals are alive
TERM 6
DEFINITION 6 theory of children as theorists, after observing an event, children draw an innate concepts to explain, or theorize about, its cause. Then they test their naive theory against experience, revising it when it cannot adequately account for new information TERM 7
DEFINITION 7 Infants have object permanence by at least age 6.5 months old. TERM 8
DEFINITION 8 "object permanence"Age: 6.5 and 8 monthsNew method: Violation of expectation- show babies two events impossible vs possible. should show surprise when exposed to an impossible event- violates babies idea of object permanenceTest events: 1: possible event: car rolling down track, box behind track. 2: impossible event: box on the track, but car keeps rolling throughResults: 8 and 6.5 month olds look longer at impossible eventConclusion: Infants have object permanence by at least age 6. TERM 9
DEFINITION 9 process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated and understood. TERM 10
DEFINITION 10 Age 3 monthsMethod: Familiarization and novelty preference- show pictures of dogs, then show new stimulus- cat. Should stare longer at cat.FINISH THIS SECTION- WITH KIRBY