婴儿关于物体支撑的直觉性物理知识

支撑问题是儿童朴素物理理论知识结构中的重要部分, 是指关于一个物体放在固体平面上是否稳定以及如何才能稳定的问题。支撑问题目前有两种主要实验方法。此领域中的主要实验研究使用这两种方法, 探索了婴儿获得与支撑相关的直觉性物理知识的发展过程及“先建立核心性的初始概念, 再以此为基础增加各类变量”的规律。目前研究中存在“范式单一、缺乏各类研究相互印证”的问题, 有待未来的研究进一步发展。

Infants' Intuitive Physical Knowledge of Support

Young infants’ intuitive knowledge about physical support relations between objects enables them to infer whether and when an object resting on a solid platform will remain stable, and constitutes an important part of their naïve physics. Previous experiments have adopted two primary methods, and have focused on how intuitive physical knowledge related to support relations develops, exploring the thesis that various common sense knowledge of physical objects develops around an initial set of core concepts. However more research work is needed since paradigms in the area are unitary and researches fail to provide support or validation to each other.