Journal article
Developmental Differences in Preferences for Using Color, Size, and Location Information to Disambiguate Hiding Places
Journal of cognition and development, Vol.8(4), pp.427-454
10/26/2007
DOI: 10.1080/15248370701612977
Abstract
We conducted four experiments to examine developmental differences in preferences for using color, size, and location information to disambiguate hiding places. Three- and 4-year-olds and adults described how to find a miniature mouse that was hidden in one of two highly similar small objects in a dollhouse. In Experiment 1, the hiding places could be disambiguated by either color or location. Three-year-olds preferred color to location whereas adults preferred location to color information. Four-year-olds showed no preferences. In Experiment 2, the hiding places could be disambiguated by either size or location. Four-year-olds preferred size to location information whereas adults preferred location to size information. Three-year-olds showed no preferences. In Experiment 3, the hiding places could be disambiguated by either color or size information. Adults preferred size to color information, but 3- and 4-year-olds showed no preference for either type of information. Experiment 4 revealed that when only location information was available for disambiguating the hiding places, 4-year-olds referred to disambiguating location information on a significantly greater percentage of trials than did 3-year-olds. Discussion focuses on the role of relational complexity and pragmatic knowledge in producing preferences for disambiguating information in spatial communication tasks.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Developmental Differences in Preferences for Using Color, Size, and Location Information to Disambiguate Hiding Places
- Creators
- Jodie M Plumert - The University of IowaPenney Nichols-Whitehead - The University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of cognition and development, Vol.8(4), pp.427-454
- DOI
- 10.1080/15248370701612977
- ISSN
- 1524-8372
- eISSN
- 1532-7647
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/26/2007
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984213397702771
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