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TERM 1
Core knowledge perspective
DEFINITION 1 innate, specialized learning abilitiesTheory-theory- theorynaive theorists-3 domains TERM 2
Naive
Theorists
DEFINITION 2 Babies come into the world with hunches about the world TERM 3
Physics Naive
Theorists
DEFINITION 3 Babies have an understanding of how objects interact. (dropping things)Many evidence for this TERM 4
Psychology Naive
Theorists
DEFINITION 4 intuition and understanding of other people; their thought and feelingsEmotional responsiveness: knowing people have thoughts and feelings TERM 5
Biology Naive
Theorists
DEFINITION 5 Living vs. nonliving things; knowing animals are alive
TERM 6
Theory, theory, theory
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
Object Permanence
DEFINITION 7 Infants have object permanence by at least age 6.5 months old. TERM 8
"Car Rolling on Track Study" Baillargeon
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
Categorization
DEFINITION 9 process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated and understood. TERM 10
"Cat and Dog study"- Categorization
Quinnetal
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
