Baillargeon's Explanation of Infant Abilities (AQA A-Level Psychology): Flashcards
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Object permanence
Object permanence
Understanding objects exist even when out of sight
Baillargeon vs Piaget: infant understanding
Baillargeon vs Piaget: infant understanding
Infants understand physical world earlier than Piaget thought
Violation of expectation (VOE) research
Violation of expectation (VOE) research
Method measuring infant surprise when physical laws violated
Longer looking time in VOE means
Longer looking time in VOE means
Surprise or violation of expectation
Baillargeon & Graber: impossible event looking time
Baillargeon & Graber: impossible event looking time
33.07 seconds
Baillargeon & Graber: possible event looking time
Baillargeon & Graber: possible event looking time
25.11 seconds
Physical Reasoning System (PRS)
Physical Reasoning System (PRS)
Innate system for understanding basic physical properties
Occlusion events
Occlusion events
When one object blocks another from view
VOE method strength vs Piaget
VOE method strength vs Piaget
Eliminates motor skill limitations as confounding variable
VOE method weakness (interpretation)
VOE method weakness (interpretation)
Hard to know what infants actually understand from looking