Prelinguistic Relational Concepts: Investigating Analogical Processing in Infants

Autor/inn/en	Ferry, Alissa L.; Hespos, Susan J.; Gentner, Dedre
Titel	Prelinguistic Relational Concepts: Investigating Analogical Processing in Infants
Quelle	In: Child Development, 86 (2015) 5, S.1386-1405 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.12381
Schlagwörter	Infants; Abstract Reasoning; Logical Thinking; Experiments; Replication (Evaluation) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Abstraktes Denken; Denken; Erprobung
Abstract	This research asks whether analogical processing ability is present in human infants, using the simplest and most basic relation--the "same-different" relation. Experiment 1 (N = 26) tested whether 7- and 9-month-olds spontaneously detect and generalize these relations from a single example, as previous research has suggested. The attempted replication failed. Experiment 2 asked whether infants could abstract the relation via analogical processing (Experiment 2, N = 64). Indeed, with four exemplars, 7- and 9-month-olds could abstract the "same-different" relation and generalize it to novel pairs. Furthermore, prior experience with the objects disrupted learning. Facilitation from multiple exemplars and disruption by individual object salience are signatures of analogical learning. These results indicate that analogical ability is present by 7 months. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01