کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
918815 919533 2007 15 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Infant manual exploration of composite substrates
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی روانشناسی روانشناسی رشد و آموزشی
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Infant manual exploration of composite substrates
چکیده انگلیسی

Everyday environments, even small regions within reach, vary dramatically in terms of material composition. Adapting one’s manual behavior to such transitions can be considered to be an important element of skilled action. To investigate the origins of this ability, we presented 8-month-olds (n = 24) and 10-month-olds (n = 24) hard or soft objects on a composite tabletop substrate that was half rigid and half flexible. Results indicated infants explored the objects selectively and geared their manual behaviors, with or without an object in hand, to the particular substrate they contacted. More broadly, the study suggests that infant manual exploration is flexible even in the face of abrupt transitions in material structure. Such flexibility may support early attempts at problem solving and tool use.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology - Volume 98, Issue 3, November 2007, Pages 153–167
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