The Role of Symbol-Based Experience in Early Learning and Transfer from Pictures: Evidence from Tanzania

Autor/inn/en	Walker, Caren M.; Walker, Lisa B.; Ganea, Patricia A.
Titel	The Role of Symbol-Based Experience in Early Learning and Transfer from Pictures: Evidence from Tanzania
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 49 (2013) 7, S.1315-1324 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0029483
Schlagwörter	Learning Processes; Transfer of Training; Foreign Countries; Infants; Pictorial Stimuli; Role; Information Sources; Rural Areas; Novelty (Stimulus Dimension); Naming; Generalization; Cognitive Development; Cultural Differences; Picture Books; Story Reading; Task Analysis; Interviews; Tanzania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Learning process; Lernprozess; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Ausland; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Fantasieanregung; Rollen; Information source; Informationsquelle; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Kognitive Entwicklung; Kultureller Unterschied; Picture book; Bilderbuch; Aufgabenanalyse; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Tansania
Abstract	Extensive exposure to representational media is common for infants in Western culture, and previous research has shown that soon after their 1st birthday, infants can acquire and extend new information from pictures to real objects. Here we explore the extent to which lack of exposure to pictures during infancy affects children's learning from pictures. Infants were recruited from a rural village in Tanzania and had no prior experience with pictures. After a picture book interaction during which a novel depicted object was labeled, we assessed infants' learning and transfer of the label from pictures to their referents. In a 2nd study, we assessed infants' learning and generalization of new names using real objects, rather than pictures. Tanzanian infants demonstrated a similar pattern of learning and generalization from real objects, when compared with infants in Western culture. However, there was a significant difference in learning and generalization from pictures to real objects. These findings provide evidence for the important role of early experience with representational media in children's ability to use pictures as a source of information about the world. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01