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Peer reviewedDiesendruck, Gil; Gelman, Susan A.; Lebowitz, Kim – Developmental Psychology, 1998
Four studies examined the influence of essentialist information such as internal properties and perceptual similarity on 3-, 4-, and 5-year olds' interpretations of labels. Results suggested that children have essentialist beliefs about animals, but not about artifacts, and that these beliefs interact with children's assumptions about word meaning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Language Acquisition, Performance Factors
