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Direct linkMerriman, William E.; Evey, Julie A. – Child Development, 2005
If after teaching a label for 1 object, a speaker does not name a nearby object, 3-year-olds tend to reject the label for the nearby object (W.E. Merriman, J.M. Marazita, L.H. Jarvis, J.A. Evey-Burkey, and M. Biggins, 1995a). In Studies 1 (5-year-olds) and 3 (3-year-olds), this effect depended on object similarity. In Study 2, when a speaker used…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Instruction, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes
