Understanding attention: 12- and 18-month-olds know what is new for other persons.
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Tomasello, M; Haberl, K
Published in: Developmental psychology
September 2003
Infants at 12 and 18 months of age played with 2 adults and 2 new toys. For a 3rd toy, however, 1 of the adults left the room while the child and the other adult played with it. This adult then returned, looked at all 3 toys aligned on a tray, showed great excitement ("Wow! Cool!"), and then asked, "Can you give it to me?' To retrieve the toy the adult wanted, infants had to (a) know that people attend to and get excited about new things and (b) identify what was new for the adult even though it was not new for them. Infants at both ages did this successfully, lending support to the hypothesis that 1-year-old infants possess a genuine understanding of other persons as intentional and attentional agents.
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Developmental psychology
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1939-0599
ISSN
0012-1649
Publication Date
September 2003
Volume
39
Issue
5
Start / End Page
906 / 912
Related Subject Headings
- Psychology, Child
- Problem Solving
- Play and Playthings
- Male
- Interpersonal Relations
- Infant Behavior
- Infant
- Humans
- Female
- Emotions
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Tomasello, M., & Haberl, K. (2003). Understanding attention: 12- and 18-month-olds know what is new for other persons. Developmental Psychology, 39(5), 906–912. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.39.5.906
Tomasello, Michael, and Katharina Haberl. “Understanding attention: 12- and 18-month-olds know what is new for other persons.” Developmental Psychology 39, no. 5 (September 2003): 906–12. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.39.5.906.
Tomasello M, Haberl K. Understanding attention: 12- and 18-month-olds know what is new for other persons. Developmental psychology. 2003 Sep;39(5):906–12.
Tomasello, Michael, and Katharina Haberl. “Understanding attention: 12- and 18-month-olds know what is new for other persons.” Developmental Psychology, vol. 39, no. 5, Sept. 2003, pp. 906–12. Epmc, doi:10.1037/0012-1649.39.5.906.
Tomasello M, Haberl K. Understanding attention: 12- and 18-month-olds know what is new for other persons. Developmental psychology. 2003 Sep;39(5):906–912.
Published In
Developmental psychology
DOI
EISSN
1939-0599
ISSN
0012-1649
Publication Date
September 2003
Volume
39
Issue
5
Start / End Page
906 / 912
Related Subject Headings
- Psychology, Child
- Problem Solving
- Play and Playthings
- Male
- Interpersonal Relations
- Infant Behavior
- Infant
- Humans
- Female
- Emotions