Two-year-olds use the generic/nongeneric distinction to guide their inferences about novel kinds
dc.contributor.author | Graham, Susan | |
dc.contributor.author | Nayer, Samantha L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Gelman, Susan A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-04-23T22:01:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-04-23T22:01:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-03 | |
dc.description.abstract | These 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.citation | Graham, 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.x | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01572.x | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0009-3920 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1880/111875 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/43608 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Society for Research In Child Development | en_US |
dc.publisher.department | Psychology | en_US |
dc.publisher.faculty | Arts | en_US |
dc.publisher.hasversion | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.publisher.institution | University of Calgary | en_US |
dc.publisher.institution | University of Michigan | en_US |
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dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 | en_US |
dc.title | Two-year-olds use the generic/nongeneric distinction to guide their inferences about novel kinds | en_US |
dc.type | journal article | en_US |
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