Thirteen-Month-Olds Rely on Shared Labels and Shape Similarity for Inductive Inferences.

• Autores: Susan A. Graham, Cari S. Kilbreath, Andrea N. Welder
• Localización: Child development, ISSN 0009-3920, Vol. 75, Nº. 2, 2004, págs. 409-427
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This study examined the influence of shape similarity and labels on 13-month-olds' inductive inferences. In 3 experiments, 123 infants were presented with novel target objects with or without a nonvisible property, followed by test objects that varied in shape similarity. When objects were not labeled, infants generalized the nonvisible property to high-similarity objects (Experiment 1). When objects were labeled with the same noun, infants generalized the nonvisible property to high- and low-similarity objects (Experiment 2). Finally, when objects were labeled with different nouns, infants generalized the nonvisible property to high-similarity objects (Experiment 3). Thus, infants who are beginning to acquire productive language rely on shared shape similarity and shared names to guide their inductive inferences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]