Abstract
In order to ascertain whether there are any differences in the way of seeking information among infants with different personalities, we tested child subjects using the TS juvenile personality test and divided them into the three groups -(A) the dependent personality group, (B) intermediate group and (C) independent personality group. Their eye movements were then measured with the use of a fullface photograph of a male dentist. The following's what we found:
1. It was suggested that the way of looking at the face of the dentist in the picture by the infants reflected their personality traits.
2. The frequency of eye fixation was highest and the fixation time was longest in group C followed by group B and group A in that order. The fixation points were mostly on the features of the face (the eyes, the nose and the mouth). The number of the fixation points on the facial features was the largest in group C.
3. In every group, the distribution of the saccadic movements centered on the facial features.
4. There were four types of eye scanning. The infants in group C moved their eyes with great regularity.
5. The dependency-type infants looked at the face of the dentist by most of the ordinary children do. The independent-minded infants looked at the face of the dentist the way adults do. The way of casting their eyes by the infants in group A and the ordinary children was not wrong but suggested a developmental stage. We therefore thought that to know why infants look that way is important who understand child development.
