Generic language and speaker confidence guide preschoolers' inferences about novel animate kinds

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dc.contributor.authorStock, Hayli R
dc.contributor.authorGraham, Susan A
dc.contributor.authorChambers, Craig G
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-19T19:07:55Z
dc.date.available2020-05-19T19:07:55Z
dc.date.issued2009-05
dc.description.abstractWe investigated the influence of speaker certainty on 156 four-year-old children's sensitivity to generic and nongeneric statements. An inductive inference task was implemented, in which a speaker described a nonobvious property of a novel creature using either a generic or a nongeneric statement. The speaker appeared to be confident, neutral, or uncertain about the information being relayed. Preschoolers were subsequently asked if a second exemplar shared the same property as the first. Preschoolers consistently extended properties to additional exemplars only when properties were described in a generic form by a confident or neutral speaker. If a speaker appeared to be uncertain or if statements were made in a nongeneric form, properties were not consistently extended beyond the first exemplar. The findings demonstrate that children integrate the inductive cues provided by generic language with social cues when reasoning about abstract kinds.en_US
dc.identifier.citationStock, H. R., Graham, S. A., & Chambers, C. G. (2009). Generic language and speaker confidence guide preschoolers’ inferences about novel animate kinds. Developmental Psychology, 45(3), 884-888. doi:10.1037/a0015359en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0015359en_US
dc.identifier.issn0012-1649
dc.identifier.issn1939-0599
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/112097
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherAPAen_US
dc.publisher.departmentPsychologyen_US
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dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Torontoen_US
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dc.titleGeneric language and speaker confidence guide preschoolers' inferences about novel animate kindsen_US
dc.typejournal articleen_US
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