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Callanan, Maureen A.; Markman, Ellen M. – Child Development, 1982
When preschool children think of objects as organized into collections (e.g., forest, army) they solve certain problems better than when they think of the same objects as organized into classes (e.g., trees, soldiers). Present studies indicate preschool children occasionally distort natural language inclusion hierarchies (e.g., oak, tree) into the…
Descriptors: Classification, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Error Analysis (Language)
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Waxman, Sandra R.; And Others – Child Development, 1991
Three experiments tested 3-year-olds' subordinate classification. The first experiment found that novel noun presentation hindered classification. The second and third experiments found that provision of information for the purpose of distinguishing relevant subclasses, and introduction of novel nouns in conjunction with familiar basic level…
Descriptors: Bias, Classification, Concept Formation, Language Acquisition
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Mervis, Carolyn B.; Bertrand, Jacquelyn – Child Development, 1994
Examined the use by children of the Novel Name-Nameless Category principle, under the framework that lexical principles are acquired in a developmental sequence. Results indicated that the particular principle was not available at the start of lexical acquisition but that exhaustive categorization ability and a vocabulary spurt occur…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Classification, Cognitive Development