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Labels Can Override Perceptual Categories in Early Infancy
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Plunkett, Kim; Hu, Jon-Fan; Cohen, Leslie B. – Cognition, 2008
An extensive body of research claims that labels facilitate categorisation, highlight the commonalities between objects and act as invitations to form categories for young infants before their first birthday. While this may indeed be a reasonable claim, we argue that it is not justified by the experiments described in the research. We report on a…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Infants, Classification, Merchandise Information
The Development of Categorization in the Second Year and Its Relation to Other Cognitive and Linguistic Developments.
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Gopnik, Alison; Meltzoff, Andrew – Child Development, 1987
Changes in children's categorization behavior between 15 and 21 months of age and the relation of these changes to developments in language, object permanence, and means-end understanding are reported. (PCB)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classification, Cognitive Development, Infant Behavior
Cognitive Skills Associated with the Onset of Multiword Utterances.
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Kelly, Charleen A.; Dale, Philip S. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1989
The relationship between early language and cognition was studied in 20 children between 1 and 2 years of age. Four cognitive areas were tested: object permanence, means-end, play, and imitation. Results indicated that specific cognitive skills seem temporarily associated with some linguistic abilities, although attainment of skills can be…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Developmental Stages, Imitation
Relations between Semantic and Cognitive Development in the One-Word Stage: The Specificity Hypothesis.
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Gopnik, 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
The Relationship Between Sensorimotor Behaviors and Language in Socioeconomically Depressed Infants.
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O'Connell, Joanne Curry; Farran, Dale C. – 1980
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between high risk infants' sensorimotor development and their use of intentional communications. Twenty-six 20-month-old infants, selected at birth by use of High Risk Index, were studied. At 15 months of age each infant was administered five scales from the Uzgiris-Hunt Ordinal Scales of…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Communication Skills, Infant Behavior
Language Development as Related to Stage Six Object Permanence Development
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Corrigan, Roberta – Journal of Child Language, 1978
A longitudinal study of three children examined the relation between object permanence and language development. (Author/NCR)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Language Acquisition, Language Research
Cross-linguistic Differences in Early Semantic and Cognitive Development.
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Gopnik, Alison; And Others – Cognitive Development, 1996
Studied semantic and cognitive development of Korean-speaking and English-speaking children. Found that categorization and a naming spurt emerged later in Korean speakers than in English speakers, while means-ends abilities and success/failure words emerged earlier in Korean speakers than in English speakers. Also, Korean-speaking mothers…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Classification, Cognitive Development, Cross Cultural Studies
Program for Infant/Toddler Caregivers. Trainer's Manual, Module III: Learning and Development.
Signer, Sheila M., Ed.; Wright, Sylvia Stein, Ed. – 1995
This trainer's manual covers module III of the Program for Infant/Toddler Caregivers (PITC), a four-module video training course for providers of family and center day care. The manual is intended to be used by module instructors and includes an overview of the PITC and instructions for using the manual and its accompanying videos. The module…
Descriptors: Caregiver Role, Child Caregivers, Classroom Design, Cognitive Development