Are U-Shaped Developmental Trajectories Illusory?.

Vouloumanos, Athena

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ERIC Number: EJ924671

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Publication Date: 2011

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Are U-Shaped Developmental Trajectories Illusory?

Vouloumanos, Athena

Journal of Cognition and Development, v12 n2 p154-158 2011

Without criteria for what counts as a U/N-shaped developmental trajectory, it is not clear how many legitimate "Us" really exist. Many, if not all, "Us" may turn out to be illusions borne out of our sampling methods, task construal, and blurry lenses of description. (Contains 2 figures.)

Descriptors: Sampling, Infants, Discrimination Learning, Competence, Phonemes, Morphemes, Syntax

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