What is preferential looking paradigm?
present two stimuli and see which one looks at longer
What is habituation paradigm?
Habitutation phase-> get bored with stimulus by repeated exposure
Test-> show habituated and novel stimuli and see which one looks at longer
What is the violation of expectation paradigm?
Habituation phase
Then show possible and impossible events and see which one looks at longer
What kind of stimuli do children show a preference for?
More complex/ saturated in colour
Familiar stimuli
Top-heavy stimuli
Why do children sometimes prefer to look at novel stimuli than familiar stimuli?
Short exposure-> Familiarity bias
Long and repeated exposure-> get bored and seek novelty