Beyond perceptual development: Infant responding to social categories

Publication date: Available online 30 January 2020Source: Advances in Child Development and BehaviorAuthor(s): Paul C. Quinn, Kang Lee, Olivier PascalisAbstractA body of research is reviewed that has investigated how infants respond to social category information in faces based on differential experience. Whereas some aspects of behavioral performance (visual preference, discrimination, and scanning) are consistent with traditional models of perceptual development (induction, maintenance, and attunement), other aspects (category formation, association with valence, and selective learning) suggest the need for an account that links perceptual with social-emotional processing. We also consider how responding to social categories in infancy may anticipate subsequent responding to these categories in childhood and adulthood.
Source: Advances in Child Development and Behavior - Category: Child Development Source Type: research