Development of Means-End Behavior in Young Infants: Pulling a Support To Retrieve a Distant Object.

Willatts, Peter

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ERIC Number: EJ586540

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Publication Date: 1999

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Development of Means-End Behavior in Young Infants: Pulling a Support To Retrieve a Distant Object.

Willatts, Peter

Developmental Psychology, v35 n3 p651-67 May 1999

Three longitudinal studies examined means-ends behavior of 6- to 8-month olds. Found that intentional means-end behavior increased between 6 and 7 months, with 7-month olds' performance influenced by the presence of a toy on the cloth. Performance was the same when cloth was attached to or separate from the toy. By 8 months, infants adjusted means-end behavior to distance of toy. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Developmental Tasks, Infant Behavior, Infants, Longitudinal Studies, Performance Factors, Piagetian Theory

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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