Preschoolers use emotion in speech to learn new words

dc.contributor.authorCallaway, Dallas
dc.contributor.authorChambers, Craig G
dc.contributor.authorBerman, Jared M. J.
dc.contributor.authorGraham, Susan
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-20T21:11:23Z
dc.date.available2020-04-20T21:11:23Z
dc.date.issued2013-02
dc.description.abstractTwo experiments examined 4- and 5-year-olds' use of vocal affect to learn new words. In Experiment 1 (n = 48), children were presented with two unfamiliar objects, first in their original state and then in an altered state (broken or enhanced). An instruction produced with negative, neutral, or positive affect, directed children to find the referent of a novel word. During the novel noun, eye gaze measures indicated that both 4- and 5-year-olds were more likely to consider an object congruent with vocal affect cues. In Experiment 2, 5-year-olds (n = 15) were asked to extend and generalize their initial mapping to new exemplars. Here, 5-year-olds generalized these newly-mapped labels but only when presented with negative vocal affect.en_US
dc.description.grantingagencySocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)en_US
dc.identifier.citationBerman, J. M. J., Graham, S. A., Callaway, D. A., & Chambers, C. G. (2013). Preschoolers use emotion in speech to learn new words. "Child Development", September/October 2013, volume 84, number 5, pages 1791-1805. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12074en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12074en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/111818
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/43671
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSociety for Research In Child Developmenten_US
dc.publisher.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
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dc.titlePreschoolers use emotion in speech to learn new wordsen_US
dc.typejournal articleen_US
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