Mirror-image responses and the development of self-recognition during the first two years of life

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dc.contributor.authorKaplowitz, Cherylen
dc.contributor.committeechairSchulman, A. H.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPavlik, William B.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFritzen, James D.en
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:40:28Zen
dc.date.adate2010-07-15en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:40:28Zen
dc.date.issued1974-08-05en
dc.date.rdate2010-07-15en
dc.date.sdate2010-07-15en
dc.description.abstractVideo tape records were made of seventy-seven infants, ranging in age from one to 24 months, as each was exposed for three minutes to four different levels of mirror distortion. A mirror behavior checklist (Amsterdam 1968, 1972) was used to identify 34 possible behaviors. The range and complexity of mirror related activities increases significantly during the first two years of life, culminating in self-recognition by 52% of the subjects aged 19 to 24 months. All subjects responded equivalently to both the plain and distorted mirror images, suggesting that it is the general configuration of the face that holds intrinsic interest at these age levels. The prevailing view that the infant's perception is qualitatively similar to that of the adult was supported by this study.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extent50 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-07152010-020107en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07152010-020107/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/43730en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1974.K36.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 21882454en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
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dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1974.K36en
dc.subject.lcshInfant psychologyen
dc.subject.lcshInfants -- Developmenten
dc.titleMirror-image responses and the development of self-recognition during the first two years of lifeen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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