Infants' preference for infants and adults

Wakako Sanefuji; Hidehiro Ohgami; Kazuhide Hashiya

doi:10.1109/DEVLRN.2005.1490950

Infants' preference for infants and adults

Wakako Sanefuji, Hidehiro Ohgami, Kazuhide Hashiya

Psychology

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

6 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

In natural settings, human infants tend to prefer infants to older children. Some laboratory-based studies reported that infants also show preference for adults, as much as for the age-mates. We showed that infants looked at infants longer than at children and that they showed banging behaviors more frequently while looking at infants and at adults than while looking at children. Our study suggested different cognitive basis for the infants' preference for infants and for adults: infants' preference for infants might be explained as a combination of the preference for babyish characteristics (same as adults) and the perceptual preference for similar others. On the other hand, the preference for adults might reflect the infants' daily learning through experience. Infants might prefer adults as familiar others.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2005 4th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning
Pages	93-95
Number of pages	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/DEVLRN.2005.1490950
Publication status	Published - Dec 1 2005
Event	2005 4th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning - Osaka, Japan Duration: Jul 19 2005 → Jul 21 2005

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of 2005 4th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning
Volume	2005

Other

Other	2005 4th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning
Country	Japan
City	Osaka
Period	7/19/05 → 7/21/05

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Engineering(all)

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Sanefuji, W., Ohgami, H., & Hashiya, K. (2005). Infants' preference for infants and adults. In Proceedings of 2005 4th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (pp. 93-95). [1490950] (Proceedings of 2005 4th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning; Vol. 2005). https://doi.org/10.1109/DEVLRN.2005.1490950

Infants' preference for infants and adults. / Sanefuji, Wakako; Ohgami, Hidehiro; Hashiya, Kazuhide.

Proceedings of 2005 4th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning. 2005. p. 93-95 1490950 (Proceedings of 2005 4th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning; Vol. 2005).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Sanefuji, W, Ohgami, H & Hashiya, K 2005, Infants' preference for infants and adults. in Proceedings of 2005 4th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning., 1490950, Proceedings of 2005 4th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning, vol. 2005, pp. 93-95, 2005 4th IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning, Osaka, Japan, 7/19/05. https://doi.org/10.1109/DEVLRN.2005.1490950

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