biallargeon Flashcards

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what did Piaget believe about babies less than 8 - 9 months

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Piaget believed that babies less than 8-9 months of age have a very primitive understanding of the nature of the physical world

e.g. he claimed they are not aware that objects continue to exist after they leave the visual field

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where did Piaget reasoning come from

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Piaget reasoning was based on his research showing that from his research showing that from this age babies would reach for an object removed from their view but prior to this they would immediately lose interest once the object was out of sight

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What did Bailargeon suggest instead

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Renee Bailargeon working in the 1980s pointed out that alternative research methods have suggested that younger babies may ave better - developed understanding of the physical world than previously thought

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What did Bailargeon suggest instead

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Renee Bailargeon working in the 1980s pointed out that alternative research methods have suggested that younger babies may ave better - developed understanding of the physical world than previously thought

she developed violation of expectation (VOE) method to investigate infant understanding of physical world

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What is the billabong of expectation research

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A method used to investigate infant knowledge of the world

The idea is that if children understand how the physical world operated then they will expect certain things to happen in particular situations

If these do not occur and children’s show surprise, this suggests that they have a intact knowledge of that aspect of the world

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What is the procedure of Bailargeon’s research

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PROCEDURE: In an early VOE experiment Baillargeo together with Maria Graber (1987) showed 24 babies, aged 5-6 months, a tall and a short rabbit passing behind with a window.

In the familiar event:
-the short rabbit is not visible until it appears on the other side due to its height

In the unfamiliar event:
-the tall rabbit would not be seen through the window as it moves form oneside of the screen to the other.
A baby with object permanence would show surprise when shown the unexpected event

In the unexpected condition:

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What were the findings from Baillargeon’s research

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The babies looked dor an average 33 07 seconds at the unexpected event compared to 25.11 seconds of the expected event

For the to be surprised it follows that they must have known rhay the tall rabbit should have reappeared at the windw

This demonstrates a good understanding of object permanence

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What is Baillargeon’s theory of infant physical reasoning

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Humans are born with physical rasoningasystem (or PRS) in other words we are born hrdwiredwuth not basic unsertsndingif the physical world and also the ability to learn moresetails easily a

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