Novelty, Familiarity, and Significance of Object in the Assessment of Object Permanence

The level of object-permanence was assessed for 16 infants (age, 7 months) when three types of stimuli were used. A familiar object (a toy brought from home), novel objects, and a significant object (baby's bottle) were used to examine how each object type would affect the infants' levels...

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Published in:Journal of psychoeducational assessment 1984-06, Vol.2 (2), p.109-116
Main Authors: Tardona, Daniel R., Bradley-Johnson, Sharon
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The level of object-permanence was assessed for 16 infants (age, 7 months) when three types of stimuli were used. A familiar object (a toy brought from home), novel objects, and a significant object (baby's bottle) were used to examine how each object type would affect the infants' levels of search. Results indicated that when presented with a novel object, 7-month-old infants, as a group, would exhibit significantly higher levels of search behavior than they would for either the significant or the familiar stimuli. The babies' bottle elicited significantly higher levels of search from all infants than did a familiar object. In three cases it was observed that the significant object elicited a higher level of search than did novel objects. Definitions of novelty and significance are examined. Implications of the findings in terms of assessment are discussed.
ISSN:0734-2829
1557-5144
DOI:10.1177/073428298400200203