How 2-Year-Old Children Learn Novel Part Names of Unfamiliar Objects.

Kobayashi, Harumi

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ERIC Number: EJ575994

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Publication Date: 1998

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How 2-Year-Old Children Learn Novel Part Names of Unfamiliar Objects.

Kobayashi, Harumi

Cognition, v68 n2 pB41-B51 Aug 1998

Examined whether 2-year-olds can learn a novel part name of an unfamiliar object when adult demonstrates action upon object. Asked 24 Japanese 2-year-olds to choose referent for a whole object and part of the object in forced choice tests. Found that young children are able to override whole object assumption when actions of parts of objects are demonstrated. (LBT)

Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Correlation, Early Childhood Education, Forced Choice Technique, Foreign Countries, Japanese, Language Acquisition, Object Manipulation, Toddlers, Word Recognition

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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