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ERIC Number: EJ663364
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0277
The Development of a Word-Learning Strategy.
Halberda, Justin
Cognition, v87 n1 pB23-B34 Feb 2003
Two studies investigated young infants' use of the word-learning principle Mutual Exclusivity. Findings indicated that 17-month-olds used mutual exclusivity to map novel labels to novel objects in a preferential looking paradigm, whereas 16-month-olds performed at chance levels. Fourteen-month-olds systematically increased looking to the familiar object in response to hearing the novel label; this surprising form of failure was open to several possible interpretations. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Infants, Learning Strategies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Disjunctive Syllogisms; Mutual Exclusivity Bias; Preference Data; Stimulus Preference; Word Learning