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Object properties and knowledge in early lexical learning.

S S Jones1, L B Smith, B Landau

  • 1Psychology 353, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405.

Child Development
|June 1, 1991
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Young children use shape to learn new words, but also consider texture when objects have eyes. This shows early knowledge of how properties relate to word meanings.

Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Cognitive Science
  • Linguistics

Background:

  • Young children learn object nouns rapidly, indicating sophisticated categorization strategies.
  • Previous research shows a shape bias in children's extension of novel count nouns.
  • The generality of this shape bias across different object properties is not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the generality of the shape bias in young children's word learning.
  • To determine if children consider other properties like texture when classifying objects, especially those with eyes.
  • To explore children's understanding of conditional relations between perceptual properties and object kinds.

Main Methods:

  • Tested 2- and 3-year-old children on tasks involving novel count noun extension and object grouping.

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  • Objects varied in shape, size, and texture, with some featuring 'eyes' to cue material kind.
  • Children's classification of 'eyeless' versus 'eyed' objects was analyzed.

    • Main Results:

    • Children consistently used shape to classify 'eyeless' objects.
    • When objects possessed 'eyes,' children utilized both shape and texture for classification.
    • This indicates an awareness of the association between 'eyes' and specific material kinds.

    Conclusions:

    • Very young children demonstrate knowledge of conditional relations between perceptual properties.
    • This understanding of property associations aids in forming new object categories.
    • Such knowledge is crucial for efficient word learning and meaning discovery in early development.