Two instances each of 5 geometric transformations which were mathematically ordered were shown by means of a 3-min. movie to 55 children, aged 1 to 3 yr. The children's visual attention to each of the 10 17-sec. transforming stimuli was recorded. The results show that there was good discrimination of the transformations. There was selective attention by Ss to the various transformations, and the order of attention tended to be related to the mathematical order of the stimuli. Theories which predict an inverse function of familiarity appeared not to be supported by the data.
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