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Semantic Similarity of Labels and Inductive Generalization: Taking a Second Look
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Fisher, Anna V.; Matlen, Bryan J.; Godwin, Karrie E. – Cognition, 2011
Prior research suggests that preschoolers can generalize object properties based on category information conveyed by semantically-similar labels. However, previous research did not control for co-occurrence probability of labels in natural speech. The current studies re-assessed children's generalization with semantically-similar labels.…
Descriptors: Semantics, Generalization, Probability, Inferences
How Much Does a Shared Name Make Things Similar? Linguistic Labels, Similarity, and the Development of Inductive Inference.
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Sloutsky, Vladimir M.; Lo, Ya-Fen; Fisher, Anna V. – Child Development, 2001
Two experiments tested a model of young children's induction that specified contributions of linguistic labels and perceptual similarity to children's induction. Results support model predictions and point to a developmental shift, from treating linguistic labels as an attribute contributing to similarity to treating them as markers of a common…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Classification, Cognitive Development
When Induction Meets Memory: Evidence for Gradual Transition from Similarity-Based to Category-Based Induction
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Fisher, Anna V.; Sloutsky, Vladimir M. – Child Development, 2005
The ability to perform induction appears early; however, underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Some argue that early induction is category based, whereas others suggest that early induction is similarity based. Category- and similarity-based induction should result in different memory traces and thus in different memory accuracy. Performing…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Memory, Children, Age Differences