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Understanding of Object Rotation between Two and Three Years of Age
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Pedrett, Salome; Kaspar, Lea; Frick, Andrea – Developmental Psychology, 2020
Toddlers' understanding of object rotation was investigated using a multimethod approach. Participants were 44 toddlers between 22 and 38 months of age. In an eye-tracking task, they observed a shape that rotated and disappeared briefly behind an occluder. In an object-fitting task, they rotated wooden blocks and fit them through apertures.…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Eye Movements, Age Differences, Object Manipulation
Action Imitation: The Early Phase of Infancy
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Abravanel, Eugene; And Others – Child Development, 1976
The early phase of imitation was studied in children between 6 and 18 months by means of the presentation of 22 actions. (SB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Imitation, Infant Behavior
Infants' Use of Object Parts in Early Categorization.
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Rakison, David H.; Butterworth, George E. – Developmental Psychology, 1998
Two experiments used object-manipulation tasks to examine whether one- to two-year-olds form superordinate-like categories by attending to object parts. Findings indicated that 14- and 18-month-olds behaved systematically toward categories with different, but not matching, parts. Without part differences, none formed superordinate categories.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Classification, Cognitive Development