Journal article
What counts as by? Young children's use of relative distance to judge nearbyness
Developmental psychology, Vol.43(1), pp.121-133
01/2007
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.43.1.121
PMID: 17201513
Abstract
The authors investigated how 3- and 4-year-old children and adults use relative distance to judge nearbyness. Participants judged whether several blocks were by a landmark. The absolute and relative distance of the blocks from the landmark varied. In Experiment 1, judgments of nearbyness decreased as the distance from the landmark increased, particularly for 4-year-olds and adults. In Experiment 2, 4-year-olds and adults were more likely to judge objects at an intermediate distance as by the landmark when intervening objects were absent than when intervening objects were present. In Experiment 3, participants of all ages were more likely to judge objects at a short distance as by the landmark when intervening objects were absent. Reliance on relative distance to judge nearbyness becomes more systematic and applicable to larger spatial extents across development.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- What counts as by? Young children's use of relative distance to judge nearbyness
- Creators
- Alycia M Hund - Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. amhund@ilstu.eduJodie M Plumert
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Developmental psychology, Vol.43(1), pp.121-133
- DOI
- 10.1037/0012-1649.43.1.121
- PMID
- 17201513
- NLM abbreviation
- Dev Psychol
- ISSN
- 0012-1649
- eISSN
- 1939-0599
- Grant note
- name: National Science Foundation, award: BCS0131496
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/2007
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984214750102771
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