Development of Subordinate-Level Categorization in 3- to 7-Month-Old Infants.

• Autores: Paul C. Quinn
• Localización: Child development, ISSN 0009-3920, Vol. 75, Nº. 3, 2004, págs. 886-899
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Visual preference procedures were used to investigate development of perceptually based subordinate-level categorization in 3- to 7-month-old infants. Experiments 1 and 2 demonstrated that 3- to 4-month-olds did not form category representations for photographic exemplars of subordinate-level classes of cats and dogs (i.e., Siamese vs. Tabby, Beagle vs. Saint Bernard). Experiments 3 though 5 showed that 6- and 7-month-olds formed a category representation for Tabby that excluded Siamese and a category representation for Saint Bernard that excluded Beagle, but they did not form a category representation for Siamese that excluded Tabby or a category representation for Beagle that excluded Saint Bernard. The findings are consistent with a differentiation-driven view of early perceptual category development from global to basic to subordinate levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]