Infants' reasoning about collision events

The present research investigated young infants' understanding of events in which a moving object collides with a stationary object. In the first set of experiments, 2.5-month-old infants were presented with collision and no-collision events. In the collision events, a cylinder rolled down a ramp and collided with a toy bug that rested at the bottom of the ramp. In the no-collision events, the cylinder again rolled down the ramp but was prevented from contacting the bug. The pattern of results indicated that the infants expected the bug to move when and only when it was hit by the cylinder.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Kotovsky, Laura Lovit

Contributors dc:contributor

• Baillargeon, Renée

• Psychology, Developmental

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1994 Kotovsky, Laura Lovit

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9503241
(UMI)AAI9503241

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/22190