The effects of type of instruction, animacy cues, and dimensionality of objects on the shape bias in 3 ‐ to 6‐year‐old children
This study assessed the “shape bias,” a linguistic strategy young children routinely use when confronted with the task of extending a novel name from one object to another.
Novel name extension and categorization tasks were used in this study.
Shape bias was affected by the type of instructions, animacy of objects, and dimensionality of objects.
Source: Infant and Child Development - Category: Child Development Authors: Denise Davidson, Vanessa R. Rainey, Sandra B. Vanegas, Elizabeth Hilvert Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research