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Preschoolers' and adults' reliance on object shape and object function for lexical extension

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The developmental progression of reliance on object function versus object shape to extend novel words was investigated. Participants were provided with explicit information about and direct experience with the functions of target and test objects. Three and five year olds focused on shape in all experiments, while adults focused on function, indicating a developmental change in the consideration of shape and function in lexical extension.

Form perception, Lexical phonology, Form perception (Psychology)

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Preschoolers' extension of familiar adjectives

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Experiments were conducted in order to examine the role of labels in guiding preschoolers' extension of three types of familiar adjectives, which include emotional state adjectives, physiological state adjectives and trait adjectives. The results demonstrate that children appreciate emotional and physiological adjectives but they cannot be generalized to the same extent as trait adjectives.

Science & research

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Executive control within strategic deception: A window on early congnitive development

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The authors examines the ability of preschool children to present false of misleading information for the purposes of manipulating the behavior of others. Topics include strategic deception, cognitive development in children, and implanting of false beliefs.

Statistical Data Included, Memory, Deception, Cognitive psychology

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