Early Representational Insight: Twenty-Four-Month-Olds Can Use a Photo to Find an Object in the World

摘要: The research reported here shows that under certain circumstances even 24-month-old children can display representational insight. Seventy-nine participated in 3 studies which a photo or video presentation could be used to guide their search for hidden object. Studies 1 and 2 replicated earlier findings of chance performance levels across 4 trials. However, on first trial, 24-month-olds performed above conditions these experiments. Study therefore presented not with the typical trials room, but trial each different rooms. This manipulation ruled out perseveration errors resulted above-chance average mean retrieval rates. These results call first-trial reanalyses studies.