Evidence for a unitary goal concept in 12-month-old infants

被引:37
作者
Biro, Szilvia [1 ,2 ]
Verschoor, Stephan [2 ]
Coenen, Lot
机构
[1] Leiden Univ, Cognit Psychol Sect, Dept Psychol, NL-2333 AK Leiden, Netherlands
[2] Leiden Inst Brain & Cognit LIBC, Leiden, Netherlands
关键词
DIRECTED ACTIONS; ATTRIBUTION; PERCEPTION; AGENTS; ACTORS; CUES;
D O I
10.1111/j.1467-7687.2011.01042.x
中图分类号
B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
学科分类号
040202 ;
摘要
We investigated whether infants can transfer their goal attribution between situations that contain different types of information about the goal. We found that 12-month-olds who had attributed a goal based on the causal efficacy of a meansend action generated expectations about the actors action in another scenario in which the actor could choose between alternative outcomes. This finding suggests that, by 12 months, infants possess a unitary concept of goal.
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页码:1255 / 1260
页数:6
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