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Nature versus Nurture: The Simple Contrast
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Davidoff, Jules; Goldstein, Julie; Roberson, Debi – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2009
We respond to the commentary of Franklin, Wright, and Davies ("Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 102", 239-245 [2009]) by returning to the simple contrast between nature and nurture. We find no evidence from the toddler data that makes us revise our ideas that color categories are learned and never innate. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Child Psychology, Nature Nurture Controversy, Toddlers, Color
What Can We Learn from Toddlers about Categorical Perception of Color? Comments on Goldstein, Davidoff, and Roberson
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Franklin, Anna; Wright, Oliver; Davies, Ian R. L. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2009
We comment on Goldstein, Davidoff, and Roberson's replication and extension ("Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 102", 219-238 [2009]) of our study of the effect of toddlers' color term knowledge on their categorical perception (CP) of color ("Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 90", 114-141 [2005]). First, we discuss how best to…
Descriptors: Investigations, Toddlers, Word Recognition, Child Psychology
Reading Efforts on Visual Displays. Theme Report No. 20.
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Pettersson, Rune – 1984
This report summarizes the results of more than 10,000 individual judgments, carried out in five related studies, all concerned with perceived reading efforts of text on visual displays and printouts. Students and personnel in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Stockholm served as study subjects. In experiments in which…
Descriptors: Color, Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level, Foreign Countries