其他摘要：The purpose of this study was to examine experimentally the process in which infants synchronize to rhythmic pattern. The rhythmic pattern was [figure] with the speed of ♪ = 54. The subjects were eighty infants who ranged in age from three to six years. They were divided into four age sub-groups in their respective development. The sub-groups were separated into two groups, group A and group B, in the following way. Group A consisted of the members who synchronized to the rhythmic pattern after having learned to react to the pulses of 〓 and ♪, which are the time elements of this rhythmic pattern. Group B consisted of the members who learned to react to the pulses of 〓 and ♪, after having been synchronized to the rhythmic pattern. The results of the comparative examination for these groups were as follows: To learn the pulse before the infants' reaction to the whole pattern nay serve the synchronization, but it is of no help for grasping the whole pattern. In the case of younger infants, it inhibited the reaction because it attracted the entire attention of the infants. They vaguely grasp the rhythmic pattern as its entirety or with a certain key impression of the rhythmic pattern, and they gradually recognize the rhythmic relation of the whole and the various parts according to the development of their perception. In a word, it can be concluded that the infants do not perceive the rhythmic pattern as the additive process of each facto: they perceive it as a configuration (Gestalt) or a whole through composition of each factor.
