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Peer reviewedGelman, Susan A.; Bloom, Paul – Cognition, 2000
Examined how 3- and 5-year-olds and adults extend names for human-made artifacts. Found that even 3-year-olds were more likely to provide artifact names (e.g., "knife") when they believed objects were intentionally created and to provide material-based descriptions (e.g., "plastic") when they believed objects were accidentally…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Generalization
