Intro to DP - CD in infancy

Cross sectional design, longitudinal design and micro-genetic design

Constructivist or Nativist approach

Object permanence

Baillargeon and Piaget

Tests are carried out on emotional, cognitive, language and sociability

Cross sectional - involves studying different children of different ages

Longitudinal design - Involves studying the same group of children at different ages

Micro-genetic - involves studying individual children over a time period i.e every day over a two week period

Methods for carrying out tests

INFANCY: Sucking, habituation, visual preference

EARLY CHILDHOOD observation, “tasks”, interviews

Later childhood and adolescence
interviews, questionnaires

What do neonates do? The difficulties of research with young children

6 major states of consciousness (Woolff, 1966)

Regular sleep

Irregular sleep

Drowsiness

Crying

Alert inactivity

Waking activity

Wheres the boat?