A Ladybug Bear Can Fly and Climb Trees: Children Prefer Conjunctions of Labels and Properties for Cross-Classifiable Toys

Autor/inn/en	Nguyen, Simone P.; Girgis, Helana; Knopp, Jamie
Titel	A Ladybug Bear Can Fly and Climb Trees: Children Prefer Conjunctions of Labels and Properties for Cross-Classifiable Toys
Quelle	In: Infant and Child Development, 28 (2019) 4, (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1522-7227
DOI	10.1002/icd.2134
Schlagwörter	Toys; Classification; Preferences; Preschool Children; Adults; Comparative Analysis; Task Analysis; Attribution Theory; Age Differences; Form Classes (Languages) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Toy; Spielzeug; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Aufgabenanalyse; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Analytischer Sprachbau
Abstract	The present studies (N = 159) investigated children's and adults' preferences for label and property conjunctions for cross-classifiable toys. In Study 1, 4-year-olds, 5-year-olds, and adults participated in a labelling and property attribution task involving experimental toys that belong to two categories and control toys that belong to only one category. In Study 2, the same age groups were tested on a version of the task focusing on the control toys. In Study 3, 4- and 5-year-olds were tested on a modified version of the labelling and property attribution task involving the experimental and control toys. Finally, Study 4 tested a younger age group, 3-year-olds. Overall, the results indicated that by age 3 years, individuals prefer assigning experimental toys (but not controls) with joint labels that are a conjunction of two single category labels. By age 4 years, individuals prefer assigning experimental toys (but not controls) with dual properties that are a conjunction of two single properties. These results document the development of how different types of toys elicit preferences for conjunctions of labels that denote membership in two distinct categories and conjunctions of properties that combine features of these categories. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01