Infants' Search for Visible Objects: Implications for the Interpretation of Early Search Errors.

Sophian, Catherine; Yengo, Laurie

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Publication Date: 1985

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Infants' Search for Visible Objects: Implications for the Interpretation of Early Search Errors.

Sophian, Catherine; Yengo, Laurie

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v40 n2 p260-78 Oct 1985

Results suggest that infants' errors in searching for a visible object reflect lapses of attention rather than systematic misunderstandings of objects or space and so are not incompatible with an information-processing account of early search. (Author/RH)

Descriptors: Attention Control, Cognitive Ability, Error Patterns, Infant Behavior, Infants, Performance Factors, Persistence, Spatial Ability, Theories

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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