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Ascientistworkingatherlabbenchandasix-month-oldbabyplayingwithhisfood

mightseemtohavelittleincommon.Afterall,thescientistisengagedinseriousresearchto

uncovertheverynatureofthephysicalworld,andthebabyis,well,just

playing...right?Perhaps,butsomedevelopmentalpsychologistshavearguedthatthisplay”is

morelikeascientificinvestigationthanonemightthink.

Takeacloserlookatthebabyplayingatthetable.Eachtimethebowlofriceispushed

overthetableedge,itfallstotheground一and,intheprocess,itbringsoutimportantevidence

abouthowphysicalobjectsinteract(相互作用):bowlsofricedonotfloatinmid-air,but

requiresupporttoremainstable.ltislikelythatbabiesarenotbornknowingthisbasicfactof

theuniverse;noraretheyeverclearlytaughtit.Instead,babiesmayformanunderstandingof

objectsupportthroughrepeatedexperimentsandthenbuildonthisknowledgetolearneven

moreabouthowobjectsinteract.Thoughtheirrangesandtoolsdiffer,thebabysinvestigation

andthescientistsexperimentappeartosharethesameaim(tolearnaboutthenatural

world),overallapproach(gatheringdirectevidencefromtheworld),andlogic(aremy

observationswhatIexpected?).

Somepsychologistssuggestthatyoungchildrenlearnaboutmorethanjustthephysical

worldinthisway一thattheyinvestigatehumanpsychologyandtherulesoflanguageusing

similarmeans.Forexample,itmayonlybethroughrepeatedexperiments,evidence

gathering,andfinallyoverturningatheory,thatababywillcometoaccepttheideathatother

peoplecanhavedifferentviewsanddesiresfromwhatheorshehas,forexample,unlikethe

child,MommyactuallydoesntlikeDovechocolate.

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