PSYCHOLOGY

Developmental Psychology

Object Permanence in infants

Rance Baillarge & Elizabeth S. Spelke studied object permanence in five month old infants. They used a test to observe the behavior and conclude results about the study. The five month old infants got used to a screen that moved back and forth. When they practiced for a little while, children reached habituation. A box was created behind the screen, and they showed infants two different tests. In the first test, when the occluded box touches the screen, it stops, while, in the second test, the screen moved through the space outside the box. Results revealed ...