Journal article
Young children's ability to detect ambiguity in descriptions of location
Cognitive development, Vol.11(3), pp.375-396
1996
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2014(96)90010-6
Abstract
Three experiments investigated 3- to 5-year-olds' ability to detect ambiguity in descriptions of location. In Experiments 1 and 2, children received ambiguous (e.g., “it's in one of the bags”) and nonambiguous (e.g., “it's in the bag by the chair”) descriptions. Four- and 5-year-olds' search latencies were longer for ambiguous than for nonambiguous descriptions, but 3-year-olds' latencies were longer for nonambiguous than for ambiguous descriptions. Experiment 3 revealed no difference in 3-year-olds' search latencies for ambiguous and nonambiguous descriptions when amount of spatial information in directions was equated. Five-year-olds' latencies again were longer for ambiguous than for nonambiguous descriptions. Discussion focuses on possible developmental factors contributing to changes in children's ability to detect spatial ambiguity.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Young children's ability to detect ambiguity in descriptions of location
- Creators
- Jodie M Plumert - University of Iowa USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Cognitive development, Vol.11(3), pp.375-396
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0885-2014(96)90010-6
- ISSN
- 0885-2014
- eISSN
- 1879-226X
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1996
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984214744702771
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