Effects of object novelty on the visual and manual exploration of infants

TY - JOUR

T1 - Effects of object novelty on the visual and manual exploration of infants

AU - Willatts, Peter

PY - 1983

Y1 - 1983

N2 - Schaffer and Parry presented evidence that 6-month-old infants are indiscriminate in their manual approach to familiar and novel objects, while 12-month-old infants show wariness and delay before contacting novel objects. An experiment is reported which failed to replicate these findings. Both 6- and 12-month-old infants reached quickly for a novel object, but were slower as it became more familiar. When offered a choice between a novel and a familiar object, infants at both ages preferred to reach for the novel one.

AB - Schaffer and Parry presented evidence that 6-month-old infants are indiscriminate in their manual approach to familiar and novel objects, while 12-month-old infants show wariness and delay before contacting novel objects. An experiment is reported which failed to replicate these findings. Both 6- and 12-month-old infants reached quickly for a novel object, but were slower as it became more familiar. When offered a choice between a novel and a familiar object, infants at both ages preferred to reach for the novel one.

KW - fixation

KW - habituation

KW - manipulation

KW - novelty

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0010107153

U2 - 10.1016/S0163-6383(83)80021-6

DO - 10.1016/S0163-6383(83)80021-6

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:0010107153

SN - 0163-6383

VL - 6

SP - 145

EP - 149

JO - Infant Behavior & Development

JF - Infant Behavior & Development

IS - 2-3

ER -