Young children retain fast mapped object labels better than shape, color, and texture words
We compared short- and long-term retention of fast mapped color, shape and texture words as well as object labels. In an exposure session, 354 3- and 4-year-old children were shown a set of two familiar and three novel stimuli. One of the novel stimuli was labeled with a new object label, color, s...
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| description | We compared short- and long-term retention of fast mapped color, shape and texture words as well as object labels. In an exposure session, 354 3- and 4-year-old children were shown a set of two familiar and three novel stimuli. One of the novel stimuli was labeled with a new object label, color, shape or texture word. Retention of the mapping between the new word and the novel object or property was measured either five minutes or one week later. After five minutes, retention was significantly above chance in all conditions. However, after one week only the mappings for object labels were retained above chance levels. Our findings suggest that fast mapped object labels are retained long-term better than color, shape and texture words. The results also highlight the importance of comparing short- and long-term retention when studying children’s word learning. |
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| spelling | oai:repository.londonmet.ac.uk:63862024-07-15T11:25:55Z https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/6386/ Young children retain fast mapped object labels better than shape, color, and texture words Holland, Amanda Simpson, Andrew Riggs, Kevin J. 150 Psychology We compared short- and long-term retention of fast mapped color, shape and texture words as well as object labels. In an exposure session, 354 3- and 4-year-old children were shown a set of two familiar and three novel stimuli. One of the novel stimuli was labeled with a new object label, color, shape or texture word. Retention of the mapping between the new word and the novel object or property was measured either five minutes or one week later. After five minutes, retention was significantly above chance in all conditions. However, after one week only the mappings for object labels were retained above chance levels. Our findings suggest that fast mapped object labels are retained long-term better than color, shape and texture words. The results also highlight the importance of comparing short- and long-term retention when studying children’s word learning. Elsevier 2015-03-10 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_nc_nd_4 https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/6386/1/RIGGSR_2.pdf Holland, Amanda, Simpson, Andrew and Riggs, Kevin J. (2015) Young children retain fast mapped object labels better than shape, color, and texture words. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 134. pp. 1-11. ISSN 0022-0965 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2015.01.014 10.1016/j.jecp.2015.01.014 10.1016/j.jecp.2015.01.014 |
| spellingShingle | 150 Psychology Holland, Amanda Simpson, Andrew Riggs, Kevin J. Young children retain fast mapped object labels better than shape, color, and texture words |
| title | Young children retain fast mapped object labels better than shape, color, and texture words |
| title_full | Young children retain fast mapped object labels better than shape, color, and texture words |
| title_fullStr | Young children retain fast mapped object labels better than shape, color, and texture words |
| title_full_unstemmed | Young children retain fast mapped object labels better than shape, color, and texture words |
| title_short | Young children retain fast mapped object labels better than shape, color, and texture words |
| title_sort | young children retain fast mapped object labels better than shape color and texture words |
| topic | 150 Psychology |
| url | https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/6386/1/RIGGSR_2.pdf |
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