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Peer reviewedGopnik, Alison; Meltzoff, Andrew N. – Child Development, 1986
Compares two types of semantic development (the acquisition of disappearance words and success-failure words) to performance on two types of cognitive tasks (object-permanence and means-ends tasks) among infants. (HOD)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Developmental Stages
Peer reviewedHarner, Lorraine – Child Development, 1981
Questions whether children's use of language indicates they (1) understand temporal sequence, (2) distinguish goal-oriented from nongoal-oriented activities, and (3) prefer discussing the aspect of events prior to the time of events. Also investigates whether findings for past and future conditions are parallel. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Language, Comprehension, Concept Formation
