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Nonetheless, Psychologist Jerome S. Bruner believes that they must be there, that the full splendor of intelligence is part of the human birthright. Everything the infant needs-to master a tongue, to coax new music from strings, to find undiscovered stars-is already embedded in his nervous system. To test this premise, Harvard's Center for Cognitive Studies has been conducting a series of unusual experiments on the human baby. The studies are based on Bruner's conviction that the infant is "a complicated programming system" and that a great deal of research on the child has presumed...
Precision Tool. Instead of zeroing in on the infant mind, which is almost impossible to test, Bruner has concentrated on the hand. This remarkable instrument, so ineffectual at birth, rapidly develops into a precision tool. By the fourth week, most babies will grasp anything their fingers touch. Bruner has devised a series of experiments calculated to throw light not on what the baby's hand can do, but on how the baby discovers the ability...
...held in his mother's lap within reach of a puzzle box. Behind a sliding transparent panel, a toy is placed to snare the subject's attention. To collect this fascinating prize, the baby must hold the panel open while plundering the box of its contents. Bruner's youngest subjects -under one year-typically reach for the toy with one hand, encounter the transparent obstacle and bang on it or give up, either in slumber, indifference or tears. Older babies may manage to slide the panel up with one hand, then grope awkwardly into the interior...
...representing almost half of Radcliffe juniors, attended the Weekend. In addition to the Saturday afternoon discussion, parents attended classes, met with Mary I. Bunting, president of Radcliffe, and heard Nathan Glazer, visiting professor of Education and Social Structure, Paul A. Freund Carl M. Loeb University professor, and Jerome S. Bruner, Professor of Psychology, speak after House dinners on Friday night...
Both Chalmers and Bruner stressed that more student pressure may be necessary to speed up plans for coed housing. They agreed that progress will come faster if different houses are allowed to move toward coeducation at their own paces...