Arousal and preferences for complexity in infants. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • To determine the effects of arousal on preference for complexity 9 infants (16 to 18 mo.) were exposed to different levels of complexity under low and high hunger drive. Low-hunger Ss showed longer fixation time than high-hunger Ss toward all stimuli and showed relatively greater preference for complexity than high-hunger Ss. The results were interpreted in terms of optimal-stimulation theory and information-processing theory.

publication date

  • February 1, 1975

Research

keywords

  • Arousal
  • Attention
  • Exploratory Behavior
  • Motion Perception

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0016656610

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.2466/pms.1975.40.1.179

PubMed ID

  • 1118259

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 40

issue

  • 1