Six- and 9-Month-Old Infants Discriminate Between Goals Despite Similar Action Patterns

Autor: Heidi L, Marsh, Jennifer, Stavropoulos, Tom, Nienhuis, Maria, Legerstee
Rok vydání: 2020
Zdroj: Infancy : the official journal of the International Society on Infant StudiesReferences. 15(1)
ISSN: 1532-7078
Popis: Behne, Carpenter, Call, and Tomasello (2005) showed that 9- to 18-month-olds, but not 6-month-olds, differentiated between people who were unwilling and unable to share toys. As the outcome of the two tasks is the same (i.e., the toy is not shared), the infants must respond to the different goals of the actor. However, visual habituation paradigms have shown an earlier onset of goal awareness. The present study reconciles this disparity by replicating the findings of Behne et al. with both 6- and 9-month-olds, using similar tasks and additional response measures.
Databáze: OpenAIRE