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Renée Baillargeon's research in developmental psychology reveals that infants have innate cognitive abilities, such as understanding object permanence. Her innovative violation of expectation method uses non-verbal cues like gaze duration to assess infants' reactions to events, challenging earlier theories by Piaget and sparking debate in the field.
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Infants develop language skills through assimilating and interpreting new information
Infants form an understanding of their surroundings through thought processes
Infants develop problem-solving skills as they assimilate new information and understand their surroundings
Infants possess an inborn framework, the PRS, which allows them to understand the physical world without relying solely on learned experience
Infants recognize that objects continue to exist even when out of sight, demonstrating their innate understanding of object permanence
Infants have an innate capacity to perceive depth, which matures over time
Baillargeon's experimental designs rely on non-verbal cues, such as measuring the length of time infants focus on particular events, to assess cognitive abilities in infants
Baillargeon's pioneering method measures infants' reactions to both plausible and implausible scenarios, providing insight into their cognitive expectations
Baillargeon's theory has gained support through various studies replicating her original research, which consistently show infants exhibiting prolonged attention to events that violate their expectations
Some critics question the reliability of using infants' looking behavior as an indicator of their cognitive expectations
Some argue that Baillargeon's theory may not adequately account for the role of environmental learning in cognitive development
Baillargeon's theory stands in contrast to Piaget's stage-based model of cognitive development, sparking ongoing debate about its accuracy