Sparse Labels, No Problems: Infant Categorization under Challenging Conditions

Autor/inn/en	LaTourrette, Alexander; Waxman, Sandra R.
Titel	Sparse Labels, No Problems: Infant Categorization under Challenging Conditions
Quelle	In: Child Development, 93 (2022) 6, S.1903-1911 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (LaTourrette, Alexander)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.13818
Schlagwörter	Infants; Classification; Learning Strategies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie
Abstract	Abstract Labeling promotes infants' object categorization even when labels are rare. By 2 years, infants engage in "semi-supervised learning" (SSL), integrating labeled and unlabeled exemplars to learn categories. However, everyday learning contexts pose substantial challenges for infants' SSL. Here, two studies (n = 74, 51% female, 62% non-Hispanic White, 18% multiracial, 8% Asian, 6% Black, M[subscript age] = 27.3 months, collected 2018-2020) implemented a familiarization-novelty preference paradigm assessing 2-year-olds' SSL when (i) exemplars from the target category are interspersed with other objects (Study 1, d = 0.67) and (ii) multiple categories are learned simultaneously (Study 2, d = 0.74). The findings indicate 2-year-olds' SSL is robust enough to support object categorization despite substantial challenges posed by everyday learning contexts. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01