DEVELOPMENT OF SPATIAL ORIENTATION IN INFANCY
DEVELOPMENT OF SPATIAL ORIENTATION IN INFANCY
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DOI:
10.1037/0012-1649.14.3.224
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
影响因子:
4
通讯作者:
ACREDOLO, LP
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ACREDOLO, LP
The ability of infants, at 6, 11 and 16 mo. to keep track of their relationship to a place in space was assessed in 4 experiments in which infants were trained to expect an event to occur to their right or left. The infants were then moved so that their view of the space was reversed. The direction in which they turned in anticipation of the event indicated whether they were coding the location egocentrically or objectively. In a longitudinal study of 24 infants, significant shift with age from egocentric responding at 6 and 11 mo. to objective responding at 16 mo. was revealed, a change that was not simply due to previous experience with the experimental space. Manipulation of the type of experience the infants had during training failed to decrease egocentric responding at 6 and 11 mo. The overall pattern indicated that a landmark had its greatest impact at 11 mo. Piaget''s theory was supported; in coding location, young infants rely on past accommodations to an object rather than its relationship to other objects or the larger space.