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Development of means-end behavior in young infants: Pulling a support to retrieve a distant object.

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Development of means-end behavior in young infants: Pulling a support to retrieve a distant object.

Peter Willatts · 1999 · Developmental Psychology

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Where
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Ages
6 to 8 months
How
Researchers tested the same babies over several months
What it found
Pulling a cloth on purpose to get a toy increased between 6 and 7 months, and by 8 months babies took account of how far away the toy was.
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