Two-year-olds use the generic/nongeneric distinction to guide their inferences about novel kinds

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dc.contributor.authorGraham, Susan
dc.contributor.authorNayer, Samantha L.
dc.contributor.authorGelman, Susan A.
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-23T22:01:17Z
dc.date.available2020-04-23T22:01:17Z
dc.date.issued2011-03
dc.description.abstractThese studies investigated two hundred and forty-four 24- and 30-month-olds' sensitivity to generic versus non-generic language when acquiring knowledge about novel kinds. Toddlers were administered an inductive inference task, during which they heard a generic noun phrase (e.g., "Blicks drink milk") or a non-generic noun phrase (e.g., "This blick drinks milk") paired with an action (e.g., drinking) modelled on an object. They were then provided with the model and a non-model exemplar and asked to imitate the action. After hearing non-generic phrases, 30-month-olds, but not 24-month-olds, imitated more often with the model than with the non-model exemplar. In contrast, after hearing generic phrases, 30-month-olds imitated equally often with both exemplars. These results suggest that 30-month-olds use the generic/non-generic distinction to guide their inferences about novel kinds.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGraham, S. A., Nayer, S. L., & Gelman, S. A. (2011). Two-year-olds use the generic/nongeneric distinction to guide their inferences about novel kinds. "Child Development", volume 82, number 2, 493-507. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01572.xen_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01572.xen_US
dc.identifier.issn0009-3920
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/111875
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSociety for Research In Child Developmenten_US
dc.publisher.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.hasversionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Michiganen_US
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dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.titleTwo-year-olds use the generic/nongeneric distinction to guide their inferences about novel kindsen_US
dc.typejournal articleen_US
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