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Infants' Use of Featural and Experiential Information in Segregating and Individuating Objects: A Reply to Xu, Carey and Welch (2000).
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Needham, Amy; Baillargeon, Renee – Cognition, 2000
Summarizes findings on infants' capacity for object segregation. Maintains that infants can use featural and experiential information for segregation and individuation purposes long before 12 months of age. Disputes the claim that formation of object categories awaits early word learning, but acknowledges that language may play a key role in…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation