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Peer reviewedSandhofer, Catherine M.; Smith, Linda B. – Developmental Psychology, 1999
A longitudinal study examined the role of a mapping system in 2-year olds' learning of color and size words. Results indicated that the children acquired color maps in a characteristic order and showed a different acquisition pattern for size words. Results suggest that learning word associations may promote color-word acquisition; learning color…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Mapping, Color, Concept Formation
