Eight-and-a-Half-Month-Old Infants' Reasoning about Containment Events.

Aguiar, Andrea; Baillargeon, Renee

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ERIC Number: EJ569152

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Eight-and-a-Half-Month-Old Infants' Reasoning about Containment Events.

Aguiar, Andrea; Baillargeon, Renee

Child Development, v69 n3 p636-53 Jun 1998

Three experiments examined whether 8.5-month-olds considered an object's width and compressibility when determining whether it could be inserted into a container. Results suggested that infants realized that large balls could fit into large but not small containers, whereas small balls could fit into both containers. Infants understood that large compressible balls could be inserted into either container. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Infants, Tactile Stimuli, Tactual Perception, Thinking Skills, Visual Learning, Visual Perception, Visual Stimuli

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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