Infants' Looking at Possible and Impossible Screen Rotations

The Role of Familiarization

Bibliographic Data

ID16782839
AuthorsThomas H Schilling (corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume1
Issue4
Pages389-402
Publication date2000-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInfancy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1525-0008 • E-ISSN: 1532-7078
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1207/s15327078in0104_2
PMID32680297
OpenAlexW2029719414
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited12

The effects of familiarization and age were examined using Baillargeon's rotating screen paradigm. In Condition A, 4‐month‐olds exposed to 7 180° familiarization trials looked significantly longer at the 180° test events than the 112° test events; there was a familiarity preference. In Condition B, which consisted of 12 instead of 7 180° familiarization trials, the 4‐month‐olds looked significantly longer at the 112° test events than the 180° test events; there was a novelty preference. In Condition C, which was similar to Condition A except that there were 112° familiarization trials, the infants showed a familiarity preference. Thus, 4‐month‐olds experiencing 7 familiarization trials exhibited a familiarity preference, and those experiencing 12 familiarization trials showed a novelty preference. In Condition D, 6‐month‐olds experienced 7 180° familiarization trials; there was no preferential looking to either familiar (180°) test events or novel (112°) test events. Therefore, looking behavior during the test trials was a function of the type of familiarization experience and age and not necessarily an inferred violation of physics

Developmental psychology · Novelty · Preference · Preference test · Child and Animal Learning Development · Child Development and Digital Technology · Face Recognition and Perception · Psychology · Social Psychology

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