Knowing Color Terms Enhances Recognition: Further Evidence from English and Himba

Autor/inn/en	Goldstein, Julie; Davidoff, Jules; Roberson, Debi
Titel	Knowing Color Terms Enhances Recognition: Further Evidence from English and Himba
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 102 (2009) 2, S.219-238 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0965
DOI	10.1016/j.jecp.2008.06.002
Schlagwörter	Toddlers; Recognition (Psychology); Experimental Psychology; Child Psychology; Linguistic Theory; Classification; Foreign Countries; Children; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Recognition; Wiedererkennen; Experimentelle Psychologie; Kinderpsychologie; Linguistische Theorie; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Ausland; Child; Kind; Kinder
Abstract	Two experiments attempted to reconcile discrepant recent findings relating to children's color naming and categorization. In a replication of Franklin and colleagues ["Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 90" (2005) 114-141], Experiment 1 tested English toddlers' naming and memory for blue-green and blue-purple colors. It also found advantages for between-category presentations that could be interpreted as support for universal color categories. However, a different definition of knowing color terms led to quite different conclusions in line with the Whorfian view of Roberson and colleagues ["Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 133" (2004) 554-571]. Categorical perception in recognition memory was now found only for children with a fuller understanding of the relevant terms. It was concluded that color naming can both underestimate and overestimate toddlers' knowledge of color terms. Experiment 2 replicated the between-category recognition superiority found in Himba children by Franklin and colleagues for the blue-purple range. But Himba children, whose language does not have separate terms for green and blue, did not show a cross-category advantage for that set; rather, they behaved like English children who did not know their color terms. (Contains 6 figures and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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