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Origins of knowledge.

E S Spelke1, K Breinlinger, J Macomber

  • 1Department of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853.

Psychological Review
|October 1, 1992
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Infants possess early physical reasoning abilities, understanding object continuity and solidity but not gravity or inertia. This suggests cognitive development builds upon an unchanging core, challenging prior theories.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Development
  • Infant Cognition
  • Perceptual Development

Background:

  • Early research suggested infant cognition relies heavily on perceptual and motor experiences.
  • Previous theories posited that initial infant conceptions are inaccurate and undergo radical changes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the early-developing capacities of infants to represent and reason about physical objects and motion.
  • To examine the developmental trajectory of physical reasoning in young infants.
  • To challenge existing models of cognitive development in infancy.

Main Methods:

  • Experiments involving young infants were conducted.
  • Infants' responses to object motion scenarios were observed and analyzed.
  • The study focused on infants' understanding of physical principles like continuity, solidity, gravity, and inertia.

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Main Results:

  • Infants demonstrated early abilities to represent physical objects and reason about their motion.
  • Early physical reasoning in infants aligns with continuity and solidity principles.
  • Infants' reasoning did not consistently align with gravity and inertia principles.

Conclusions:

  • Cognition develops concurrently with perception and action, enriching an unchanging conceptual core.
  • Infant cognitive development challenges theories of a purely experience-based foundation.
  • Initial infant conceptions are not necessarily inappropriate and are not entirely abandoned or replaced with knowledge growth.