Showing papers by "Jerome S. Bruner published in 1972"
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TL;DR: Every two weeks infants 8 to 22 weeks old were shown two balls, one at a time, which suggested that grasping activity is coordinated with visual information about the graspability of an object even before the infant has had experience reaching.
Abstract: Every two weeks infants 8 to 22 weeks old were shown two balls, one at a time. Although both balls were within reach, one was of a graspable size while the other was too large to grasp. Before the infants were capable of reaching, grasping at the midline was more likely to occur in the presence of the graspable rather than the non-graspable ball. This suggests that grasping activity is coordinated with visual information about the graspability of an object even before the infant has had experience reaching.
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TL;DR: Children between 12 and 24 months of age were required to rotate a "lazy susan" lever in order to bring a toy within reach and resorted to 5 successive strategies, closely linked to age.
Abstract: KOSLOWSKI, BARBARA, and BRUNER, JEROME S. Learning to Use a Lever. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1972, 43, 790-799. Children between 12 and 24 months of age were required to rotate a "lazy susan" lever in order to bring a toy within reach. They resorted to 5 successive strategies, closely linked to age. The strategies involve the effective combination of constituent acts present from the start but preemptive in their demands on attention. The course of growth of strategies reflects the gradual "modularization" of constituent acts and their recombination to fit task requirements.
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TL;DR: The findings indicate an increase in alertness and information processing with increased difficulty in obtaining nutriment synchronously with reflex patterns of sucking, since pausing in sucking is associated with greater scanning activity.
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TL;DR: The president and the children as discussed by the authors discussed the power of the children in the power to the children, and proposed a power-to-the-children approach to promote the children.
Abstract: (1972). The president and the children. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology: Vol. 1, Power to The Children!, pp. 7-8.
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