Monolingual and bilingual children's use of mutual exclusivity in the naming of whole objects

Article Abstract:

The use of mutual exclusivity in the naming of whole objects was examined in monolingual and bilingual 3- and 6-year-olds. It is shown that the use of mutual exclusivity in the naming of whole objects was found across monolingual and bilingual children, although older bilingual children were significantly less inclined to use mutual exclusivity than were older monolingual children.

Language acquisition, Bilingualism

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What's in a name? Typicality and relatedness effects in children

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The study of how category typicality and out-of-category relatedness affect speeded category verification in typically developing 4 to 14 year olds and adults is presented. It is described that typicality and relatedness effects reflected organizational principles of the semantic system, not picture-relatedness processes.

Child development, Categorization (Psychology) in children, Childhood categorization (Psychology), Semantic memory

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Children's suggestibility for an instance of a repeated event versus a unique event: the effect of degree of association between variable details

Article Abstract:

Extent to which children can memorize frequent events, and unique events is examined.

Psychological aspects, Memory in children, Children's memory, Event history analysis

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