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題名 Twelve-month-old infants rationally attribute goals to inanimate objects
作者 黃啟泰
Huang, Chi-Tai;He, Jin-Zhou;Chiang, Wen-Chi
貢獻者 心理系
關鍵詞 Goal attribution; Principle of rational action; Action understanding; Agency; Teleological accounts
日期 2025-08
上傳時間 7-Jul-2025 10:32:10 (UTC+8)
摘要 This study investigated whether infants use context-sensitive behavioral cues to view the movements of an inanimate object as goal-directed, and use this representation to predict its future behavior. Twelve-month-old infants (N = 48, 38 % female, all Asian) were habituated to a circle consistently jumping over an obstacle on the way to a toy. In one condition, the circle launched by itself; in the other, it was launched by a rod. The motion patterns of the two circles were identical including characteristics such as equifinality, persistence, and efficiency. In the test events, the toy observed in the habituation was switched to a different location and a new toy was introduced in the old toy's previous location. Infants dishabituated to the change in the goal toy across conditions. Goal attribution in early action understanding is thus flexible: infants use the principle of rational action to justify the current goal, and continue to track it in a changed context.
關聯 Acta Psychologica, Vol.258, 105196
資料類型 article
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105196
dc.contributor 心理系
dc.creator (作者) 黃啟泰
dc.creator (作者) Huang, Chi-Tai;He, Jin-Zhou;Chiang, Wen-Chi
dc.date (日期) 2025-08
dc.date.accessioned 7-Jul-2025 10:32:10 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 7-Jul-2025 10:32:10 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 7-Jul-2025 10:32:10 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) https://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/157932-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) This study investigated whether infants use context-sensitive behavioral cues to view the movements of an inanimate object as goal-directed, and use this representation to predict its future behavior. Twelve-month-old infants (N = 48, 38 % female, all Asian) were habituated to a circle consistently jumping over an obstacle on the way to a toy. In one condition, the circle launched by itself; in the other, it was launched by a rod. The motion patterns of the two circles were identical including characteristics such as equifinality, persistence, and efficiency. In the test events, the toy observed in the habituation was switched to a different location and a new toy was introduced in the old toy's previous location. Infants dishabituated to the change in the goal toy across conditions. Goal attribution in early action understanding is thus flexible: infants use the principle of rational action to justify the current goal, and continue to track it in a changed context.
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dc.relation (關聯) Acta Psychologica, Vol.258, 105196
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Goal attribution; Principle of rational action; Action understanding; Agency; Teleological accounts
dc.title (題名) Twelve-month-old infants rationally attribute goals to inanimate objects
dc.type (資料類型) article
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105196
dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105196