Individual vocabulary differences and the development of the shape bias

Lynn K. Perry; Larissa K. Samuelson

Individual vocabulary differences and the development of the shape bias

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Abstract

Researchers have proposed that learning names of individual words and categories leads an individual child to develop a general word learning bias. However, evidence to date comes from studies of group means rather than individuals. The current study tests the prediction that the statistics of an individual child’s vocabulary are closely related to that child’s development of word learning biases. We demonstrate that individual differences in vocabulary structure predict individual differences in novel noun generalization.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Thirty-third Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society - Boston, United States Duration: 20 Jul 2011 → 23 Jul 2011

Conference

Conference	33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston
Period	20/07/11 → 23/07/11

Keywords

vocabulary development
categorization

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