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Can Infants Attribute to an Agent a Disposition to Perform a Particular Action?
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Song, Hyun-joo; Baillargeon, Renee; Fisher, Cynthia – Cognition, 2005
The present research investigated whether 13.5-month-old infants would attribute to an actor a disposition to perform a recurring action, and would then use this information to predict which of two new objects--one that could be used to perform the action and one that could not--the actor would grasp next. During familiarization, the infants…
Descriptors: Infant Behavior, Cognitive Ability, Familiarity, Behavioral Science Research
Infants' Understanding of Object-Directed Action
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Phillips, Ann T.; Wellman, Henry M. – Cognition, 2005
When and in what ways do infants recognize humans as intentional actors? An important aspect of this larger question concerns when infants recognize specific human actions (e.g. a reach) as object-directed (i.e. as acting toward goal-objects). In two studies using a visual habituation technique, 12-month-old infants were tested to assess their…
Descriptors: Habituation, Cognitive Development, Infant Behavior, Cognitive Psychology