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What's in a Shape? Children Represent Shape Variability Differently than Adults When Naming Objects.
Peer reviewedAbecassis, Maurissa; Sera, Maria D.; Yonas, Albert; Schwade, Jennifer – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2001
Investigated degree to which two shape dimensions were represented categorically by children and adults when learning object names. Found that adults accepted names more often to objects that fell within proposed shape boundaries than to objects that crossed boundaries. Children were just as likely to generalize names to novel objects that fell…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Bias, Children
Peer reviewedMarkson, Lori; Thompson, Laura A. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1998
Two experiments explored the nature of perceptual development in 5- and 10-year olds and adults. The primary finding was that preassessed salience significantly influenced 5-year olds' ability to discriminate two objects, while salience did not affect 10-year olds' or adults' response times. Results showed that salience effects in perceptual…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attention, Children
