Children's knowledge of thematic and taxonomic relations at two years of age.
Children's knowledge of thematic and taxonomic relations at two years of age.
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儿童两岁时对主题和分类关系的了解。
DOI:
10.1111/j.1467-8624.1989.tb03523.x
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发表时间:
1989
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Mark Kennedy
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文献类型:
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作者:
L. Fenson;Debra Vella;Mark Kennedy
An interesting conflict exists in the developmental literature concerning the strength of thematic versus taxonomic associations. "Dog-doghouse" is a thematic match, while "dog-horse" is a taxonomic match. This study compared the ability of children to identify both types of associations at 2 points during the third year of life: 26 months (N = 15) and 34 months (N = 24). A reinforced match-to-sample technique was used in which half of the matches were thematic and the other half were taxonomic. Both age groups were able to identify thematic matches, although children near 3 years of age were able to recognize a wider range of thematic associations than children near 2 years of age. The 26-month-olds were unable to identify taxonomic matches that had no perceptual basis, but the 34-month-olds were successful at this task; the 34-month-olds appeared to have a more general understanding of categories that was less tied to perceptual features.