PSYCH 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Tabula Rasa, Scientific American
17 May 2016
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Original place of publication: scientific american, 204(may), 61-72: questions addressed in original study: (list the 2 5 most important questions addressed in the original study) How are animal babies different and similar to human babies: findings of original study: (list the 2 5 most important findings of the original study) Babies of all ages possess the ability to perceive and discriminate among diverse forms. Babies prefer complex shapes and patterns as opposed to simple shapes, and their preference becomes stronger as they mature. Infants are born with an unlearned, natural ability to discriminate form. Human infants do not depend upon form perception for nourishment and survival; they depend on other people to care of them. Infants intently stare at the human face as opposed to any other shape or form: extensions of original study (list the 2 5 most important advances made by subsequent research in this area) Chickens were used to study how much knowledge they were born with.
