Journal article
Evidence for task-dependent categorization in infancy
Infant behavior & development, Vol.19(4), pp.425-440
1996
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(96)90004-1
Abstract
Two experiments compared infants' attention to the categorical distinction between people and animals in object-examining and sequential-touching tasks. In Experiment 1, 10- and 13-month-old infants distinguished between animals and people in an object-examining task. In this task, infants are familiarized with individual exemplars from one category, and then their response to exemplars from another category is measured. In Experiment 2, 13- and 16-month-old infants, but not 10-month-old infants, attended to the same distinction in a sequential-touching task. In this task, infants are presented with several exemplars from two categories simultaneously, and the order in which they touch those objects is assessed. Evaluation of infants' touching behavior in Experiment 2 also revealed developmental changes in how they approached this task. The combined results of these two experiments confirm the general trend reported in the literature and begin to provide insight into developmental changes that contribute to infants' ability to apply their categorization skills in different task contexts.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Evidence for task-dependent categorization in infancy
- Creators
- Lisa M OakesJodie M PlumertJeffrey M LansinkJennifer D Merryman
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Infant behavior & development, Vol.19(4), pp.425-440
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0163-6383(96)90004-1
- ISSN
- 0163-6383
- eISSN
- 1879-0453
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1996
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984213394302771
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