Using Magic to Illustrate the Almost Magical Abilities of Infants: Class Activities with Object Permanence

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Abstract

Object permanence is the ability to represent an object even when it is not visible. Is this knowledge inborn as Baillargeon suggests, or is it a long process of discovery, as Piaget suggested? I illustrate how we can engage students in this thought-provoking debate with two magic tricks. Students learn an example of a crosscutting theme in Introductory Psychology – how we understand a psychological phenomenon depends on how we measure it.
Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - 2017
EventAnnual Psychology One Conference - Stanford, United States
Duration: Jul 13 2017 → …

Conference

ConferenceAnnual Psychology One Conference
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityStanford
Period7/13/17 → …

Keywords

  • magic trick
  • object permanence
  • renee baillargeon
  • jean piaget

Disciplines

  • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
  • Child Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology

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