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ERIC Number: EJ595732
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0277
Goal Attribution without Agency Cues: The Perception of "Pure Reason" in Infancy.
Csibra, Gergely; Gergely, Gyorgy; Biro, Szilvia; Koos, Orsolya; Brockbank, Margaret
Cognition, v72 n3 p237-67 Oct 26 1999
Three habituation experiments examined the necessary conditions under which infants invoked the principle of rational action, interpreting behavior as goal-directed action. Found that the rational action principle operated at 9 months but not at 6 months. Perceptual cues indicating agency were not necessary prerequisites for a goal-directed interpretation. This effect could not be attributed to generalizing agentive properties. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Cognitive Development, Goal Orientation, Habituation, Infant Behavior, Infants, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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