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Peer reviewedDunham, Philip; Dunham, Frances – Developmental Psychology, 1995
Individual differences in children's conceptual strategies at 3 years of age were predicted by aspects of children's behavior and language at 13 and 24 months. Production of pointing gestures at 13 months and nouns and attributive adjectives at 24 months were positively associated with the use of a taxonomic matching strategy at 3 years of age.…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Body Language, Child Behavior, Classification
Peer reviewedCervantes, Christi A.; Callanan, Maureen A. – Developmental Psychology, 1998
Examined mothers' and preschoolers' emotion talk for age- and gender-related patterns in use of labels and explanations. Found that children used emotion words mainly in labels. Boys' emotion talk increased with age. The youngest girls had more emotion talk than same-age boys. Mothers used more explanations than labels with boys but similar…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Caregiver Speech, Child Language, Emotional Development
