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Bornstein, Marc H. – Journal of Child Language, 1985
Describes a study designed to compare color-name with shape-name learning by three-year-old children in an experimentally controlled format. Results show that children learned color-label associates significantly more slowly than matched shape-label associates, and they committed more errors with colors than with shapes during learning. Provides a…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes