Familiarization in infants' perception of addition problems

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作者
Clearfield, Melissa W. [1 ]
Westfahl, Shannon May-Comyns [1 ]
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[1] Whitman Coll, Dept Psychol, Walla Walla, WA 99362 USA
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10.1207/s15327647jcd0701_2
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B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
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040202 ;
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Previous research suggests that infants can calculate simple arithmetic (Wynn, 1992). This study sought to replicate this finding and examine how familiarization may influence response. Experiment I confirmed that 3- to 5-month-old infants looked longer at an incorrect outcome (I + 1 = 1) when no familiarization trials were presented. Experiment 2 presented infants with 8 familiarization trials (either to the possible or impossible mathematical event). When familiarized to the incorrect outcome, infants looked longer at the correct outcome; however, when familiarized to the correct outcome, infants showed no preference for either display. Experiment 3 confirmed that infants could have become familiarized to both I and 2 dolls during the familiarization to the possible event and raised the possibility that infants may not process the display as a mathematical event, but rather as a series of unconnected stimuli.
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