Fitting Objects into Holes: On the Development of Spatial Cognition Skills

Autor/inn/en	Ornkloo, Helena; von Hofsten, Claes
Titel	Fitting Objects into Holes: On the Development of Spatial Cognition Skills
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 43 (2007) 2, S.404-416 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
Schlagwörter	Infants; Object Manipulation; Spatial Ability; Problem Solving; Child Development; Gender Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Problemlösen; Kindesentwicklung; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	The authors examined 14- to 26-month-old infants' understanding of the spatial relationships between objects and apertures in an object manipulation task. The task was to insert objects with various cross-sections (circular, square, rectangular, ellipsoid, and triangular) into fitting apertures. A successful solution required the infant to mentally rotate the object to be fit into the aperture and use that information to plan the action. The object was presented standing up in half of the trials; in the other half, it was lying down. The results showed that infants solved the problem consistently from age 22 months and that a successful solution was associated with appropriate preadjustments before the hand arrived with the block to the aperture. No sex differences were found. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10