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Direct linkSaylor, Megan M.; Troseth, Georgene L. – Cognitive Development, 2006
This research investigates preschoolers' use of desires for word learning. Three-year-old children were shown pairs of novel toys and were asked about their own desire and told about a researcher's desire. For half of the children the researcher liked the same object they did and for the other half the researcher liked a different object. The…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Toys, Vocabulary Development, Student Interests
