Acquisition of subordinate categories by 3-year-olds: The roles of attribute salience,linguistic input,and child characteristics |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Human Nutrition Research Centre, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom;2. Exercise Physiology Research Centre (CIFE), Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile;3. BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom;4. Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia;5. Department of Nutrition, Food Science and Physiology, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain;6. CIBERobn, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain;7. Precision Nutrition and Cardiometabolic Health, IMDEA-Food Institute, Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies, CEI UAM + CSIC, Madrid, Spain;8. UCD Institute of Food and Health, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Republic of Ireland;9. Department of Dietetics, Nutrition and Sport, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;10. Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece;11. Department of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland;12. Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway;13. Molecular Nutrition Unit, Department Food and Nutrition, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany;14. Department of Human Biology, NUTRIM, School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands;15. School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom;16. Hugh Sinclair Unit of Human Nutrition and Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom;2. Departments of Psychology and Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States;3. Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, United States |
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| Abstract: | This study was concerned with factors that may affect young 3-year-olds' acquisition of subordinate categories. Three factors were considered: (a) salience of the attribute or attributes which differentiate a subordinate category from other subordinates subsumed under the same basic level category, (b) presence or absence of linguistic input identifying the relevant attribute, and (c) characteristics intrinsic to the child. Three child characteristics were measured: (a) size of general comprehension vocabulary, (b) size of subordinate category name vocabulary, and (c) cognitive style. Results indicated that subordinate categories were easier to learn if their differentiating attribute was highly salient and/or linguistic input identifying the relevant attribute was provided. Correlational analyses pointed to a series of relations between the child characteristics measured and the number of subordinate categories acquired during the experiment, particularly for low salience categories. Implications of the three factors for the acquisition of expertise on object domains are considered. |
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