| Autor: |
J F, Werker, L B, Cohen, V L, Lloyd, M, Casasola, C L, Stager |
| Rok vydání: |
1998 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Developmental psychology. 34(6) |
| ISSN: |
0012-1649 |
| Popis: |
The following experiments were designed to determine the age at which infants can first readily learn word--object pairings with only minimal exposure and without social or contextual support. To address this question, 8- to 14-month-old infants were tested on their ability to form word--object associations in a "switch" design. Infants were habituated to 2 word--object pairings and then tested with 1 trial that maintained a familiar word--object pairing and 1 that involved a familiar word and object in a new combination. Across 6 experiments, only 14-month-old infants formed word--object associations under these controlled testing conditions but appeared to do so only when the objects were moving. Although 8- to 12-month-olds did not form the associations, they appeared to process both the word and the object information. These studies provide strong evidence that 14-month-old infants can rapidly learn arbitrary associations between words and objects, that this ability appears to develop at about 14 months of age, and that the Switch design is a useful method for assessing word--object learning in infancy. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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