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Kloos, Heidi; Keen, Rachel – Infancy, 2005
Toddlers show a surprising lack of knowledge about solidity when they are asked to search for a ball that rolled behind a screen and stopped at a barrier whose top was visible above the screen. They search incorrectly, failing to take into account the position of the barrier. This study examined details of this failure by simplifying the task in 2…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Prediction, Perceptual Development, Task Analysis