Psychology 2410A/B Lecture Notes - Psych, Habituation
17 Dec 2013
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Ok: individuation (ots- object tracking system), identification (ors- object representation system) Ip: physical principles , event categories (certain common arrangements you always see- something in something, something on something. Young babies have sophisticated knowledge about these event categories (both are ors) - don"t have to go to school to learn these. Height is an important variable for certain things (covering, if its not high enough it wont fully cover the other thing) Possible: bottom box gets moved top box is still on it and is therefore supported. Not possible: bottom box gets moved and top box floats. Young babies haven"t acquired the relevance of this (less than 3 months, show now difference in looking time - lt) Babies slightly older showed adult lt (look longer for the event which violates support knowledge) Possible: water bottle is on table and is supported. Not possible: water bottle touches edge and is supported.
