Inference and Association in Children's Early Numerical Estimation

Autor/inn/en	Sullivan, Jessica; Barner, David
Titel	Inference and Association in Children's Early Numerical Estimation
Quelle	In: Child Development, 85 (2014) 4, S.1740-1755 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.12211
Schlagwörter	Inferences; Association (Psychology); Children; Numbers; Computation; Child Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Inference; Inferenz; Assoziation; Child; Kind; Kinder; Zahlenraum; Kindesentwicklung
Abstract	How do children map number words to the numerical magnitudes they represent? Recent work in adults has shown that two distinct mechanisms--structure mapping and associative mapping--connect number words to nonlinguistic numerical representations (Sullivan, J., 2012). This study investigated the development of number word mappings, and the roles of inference and association in children's estimation. Fifty-eight 5- to 7-year-olds participated, and results showed that at both ages, children possess strong item-based associative mappings for numbers up to around six, but rely primarily on structure mapping--an inferential process--for larger quantities. These findings suggest that children rely primarily on an inferential mechanism to construct and deploy mappings between number words and large approximate magnitudes. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10