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Sommerville, Jessica A.; Hildebrand, Elina A.; Crane, Catharyn C. – Developmental Psychology, 2008
Prior work suggests that active experience affects infants' understanding of simple actions. The present studies compared the impact of active and observational experience on infants' ability to identify the goal of a novel tool-use event. Infants either received active training and practice in using a cane to retrieve an out-of-reach toy or had…
Descriptors: Infants, Experiential Learning, Perception, Research Tools