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Ober, David R.; Beekman, John A. – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
Cumulative vocabulary models for infants and toddlers were developed from models of learning that predict trajectories associated with low, average, and high vocabulary growth rates (14 to 46 months). It was hypothesized that models derived from rates of learning mirror the type of exchanges provided to infants and toddlers by parents and…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Toddlers, Infants, Parents
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Seiverling, Laura; Harclerode, Whitney; Williams, Keith – Education and Treatment of Children, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine if sequential presentation with feeder modeling would lead to an increase in bites accepted of new foods compared to sequential presentation without feeder modeling in a typically developing 4-year-old boy with food selectivity. The participant's acceptance of novel foods increased both in the modeling and…
Descriptors: Food, Behavior Modification, Toddlers, Males
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Shafto, Patrick; Eaves, Baxter; Navarro, Daniel J.; Perfors, Amy – Developmental Science, 2012
A core assumption of many theories of development is that children can learn indirectly from other people. However, indirect experience (or testimony) is not constrained to provide veridical information. As a result, if children are to capitalize on this source of knowledge, they must be able to infer who is trustworthy and who is not. How might a…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Models, Familiarity, Inferences