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Peer reviewedBrooks, Patricia J.; Tomasello, Michael; Dodson, Kelly; Lewis, Lawrence B. – Child Development, 1999
Examined children's tendency to make argument structure overgeneralization errors. Found that 3- to 8-year-olds were more likely to overgeneralize verbs less familiar to them, supporting the hypothesis that verb usage in particular construction types becomes entrenched over time. As children learn transitivity status of particular verbs, they…
Descriptors: Child Language, Familiarity, Generalization, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedLudemann, Pamela M. – Child Development, 1991
Infants were tested for recognition and discrimination of expressions. Ten-month olds familiar with a mix of happy and surprised expressions demonstrated generalized discrimination of positive affect. Only after seven months does dependence on the presence of expression-specific features for affect recognition and discrimination diminish. (BC)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Facial Expressions, Familiarity, Habituation
