TY - JOUR
T1 - Taxonomic and complementary picture pairs
T2 - Ability in two to five-year-olds
AU - Scott, Marcia S.
AU - Serchuk, Rose
AU - Mundy, Peter Clive
PY - 1982
Y1 - 1982
N2 - Two through five-year-old children were presented a picture recognition task in two testing sessions (experiment 1). The correct choice formed a complementary relationship with the previously seen study picture on one day, and belonged to the same taxonomic class as the study picture on the other day. Ability to utilize both organizational principles was well above chance levels for two-year-olds and increased with CA, with a complementary superiority evident for all age groups on several measures. Verbal justification of choices reflecfed conceptual mediation at all ages. In experiment 2, alternate explanations of the two-year-olds' choice behavior were shown to be inadequate.
AB - Two through five-year-old children were presented a picture recognition task in two testing sessions (experiment 1). The correct choice formed a complementary relationship with the previously seen study picture on one day, and belonged to the same taxonomic class as the study picture on the other day. Ability to utilize both organizational principles was well above chance levels for two-year-olds and increased with CA, with a complementary superiority evident for all age groups on several measures. Verbal justification of choices reflecfed conceptual mediation at all ages. In experiment 2, alternate explanations of the two-year-olds' choice behavior were shown to be inadequate.
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U2 - 10.1177/016502548200500206
DO - 10.1177/016502548200500206
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84965589262
VL - 5
SP - 243
EP - 256
JO - International Journal of Behavioral Development
JF - International Journal of Behavioral Development
SN - 0165-0254
IS - 2
ER -