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This method has been used to
examine a wide variety of
infant perceptions, such as of
size, shape, and the constancy
of these properties by changing
the objectsΓÇÖ distance or slant.
Using a variation of this
method, Alan Slater, Victoria
Morison, and David Rose of the
University of Exeter in England
have shown definitively that
infants only 3 days old can and
do perceive the difference
between simple geometrical
shapes, such as triangles,
squares, circles, and crosses.
After habituating to one of
these shapes, the infants
clearly preferred to look at a
new one when given the old
and the new together. Contrary
to other views of infant
perception, they agree with
Marshall Haith, who maintains
that the newborn infant is not
passive but is a "dynamic
information seeker."