This shared sense may begin with reflexes. Later, looking time greater for objects that had not been touched. Defensive reflex also present in infancy close eyes, heart rate increases, more agitation. Cognitive structures less complex at younger than at older stages Cognitive schemas and development Cognitive schema-organized pattern of thought or action that is used to cope with or explain some aspect of experience. E.g., Sucking, reaching, grasping.
Infants have little knowledge of environment.
But do not learn via adults. Actively acquire knowledge. Infants take existing schemes, make more complex schemes by combining them. E.g., Visually guided reaching. Things that move are alive.