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McMillan, Brianna T. M.; Saffran, Jenny R. – Child Development, 2016
Although most studies of language learning take place in quiet laboratory settings, everyday language learning occurs under noisy conditions. The current research investigated the effects of background speech on word learning. Both younger (22- to 24-month-olds; n = 40) and older (28- to 30-month-olds; n = 40) toddlers successfully learned novel…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Vocabulary, Age Differences, Toddlers
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Brownell, Celia A.; Iesue, Stephanie S.; Nichols, Sara R.; Svetlova, Margarita – Child Development, 2013
To examine early developments in other-oriented resource sharing, fifty-one 18- and 24-month-old children were administered 6 tasks with toys or food that could be shared with an adult playmate who had none. On each task the playmate communicated her desire for the items in a series of progressively more explicit cues. Twenty-four-month-olds…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Sharing Behavior, Ownership, Child Development