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Learning About Objects in Infancy

Learning About Objects in Infancy

Needham, Amy Work

Paperback

Series: Essays in Developmental Psychology

General Psychology

ISBN10: 1138643599
ISBN13: 9781138643598
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Mar 25 2016
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.53
Height: 0.30 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

How do young infants experience the world around them? How similar or different are infants' experiences from adults' experiences of similar situations? How do infants progress from relatively sparse knowledge and expectations early in life to much more elaborate knowledge and expectations just several months later? We know that much of infants' learning before four to five months of age is visually-based. As they develop the ability to reach for objects independently, they can explore objects that are of particular interest to them-a new skill that must be important for their learning. Through this transition to independent reaching and exploration, infants go a long way toward forming their own understandings of the objects around them. Towards the end of the first year of life, infants begin manipulating one object relative to another and this skill sets the stage for them to begin using objects instrumentally-using one object to create changes in other objects. This new ability opens up many opportunities for infants to learn about using tools.

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