Infants' exploratory behavior after a core knowledge violation is tailored to the type of violation seen¶
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q2 i? Infants who saw a solidity violation tended to bang the object, while infants who saw a support violation repeatedly dropped it, indicating hypothesis-testing specific to the violation. → Stahl Aimee E. 2019
Evidence¶
Stahl Aimee E. 2019¶
Stahl Aimee E., Feigenson Lisa. (2019). Violations of Core Knowledge Shape Early Learning. Topics in Cognitive Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/tops.12389
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Behavioral analyses from the same 11-month-old exploration study (Stahl & Feigenson, 2015) coded infants' actions toward the violating object. Exploration differed qualitatively by violation type, with banging after solidity violations and dropping after support violations.
"Infants who saw a solidity violation, in which the object passed through the wall, tended to explore that object by banging it with their hands or against the high chair tray. Infants who saw a support violation, in which the object appeared to float in mid-air, repeatedly dropped it"
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Eleven-month-old infants who see a core knowledge violation preferentially explore the violating object over a novel distractor — a broader claim this one bears on
- Preliminary evidence that infants do not generalize surprise-induced exploration to same-category exemplars — related
- Three- to six-year-old children learn novel verbs and nouns from a single exposure following core knowledge violations, including outside the laboratory — related
- Eleven-month-old infants learn a new object-sound mapping after a surprising core knowledge violation but not after an expected outcome — related
- Learning enhancements from core knowledge violations are entity-specific: no benefit for unrelated bystander objects — related
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Infants' exploratory behavior after a core knowledge violation is tailored to the type of violation seen |
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Infants' exploratory behavior after a core knowledge violation is tailored to the type of violation seen |
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