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From the innocent to the intelligent eye: The early development of pictorial competence

2004; Elsevier BV; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0065-2407(04)80003-x

0065-2407

Georgene L. Troseth, Sophia L. Pierroutsakos, Judy S. DeLoache,

Categorization, perception, and language

This chapter deals with the two very influential theorist of Picture perception–the “innocent eye” and the “intelligent eye.” It argues that the process of developing an “intelligent eye” to interpret and understand pictures is a very complex and protracted process, a process infants begin with a relatively (but not a fully) “innocent eye.” Understanding and using pictures is not only a complex process, but it is also a very important one. Pictures are ubiquitous in most modem societies. It is illustrated that, aspects of picture-referent relations that seem transparent to adults are not obvious to young children, even when the picture depicts an array currently visible or even the child himself or herself. Young children do not even share the very strong, and natural-seeming, preference older individuals have for viewing pictures in an upright orientation. Thus, it is concluded that, an important part of the development of pictorial competence is figuring out how pictures and the reality they represent are related.