Mutualistic coupling between vocabulary and reasoning in young children: A replication and extension of the study by Kievit et al. (2017)
Recent work suggests that the positive manifold of individual differences may arise, or be amplified, by a mechanism called mutualism. Kievit et al. (2017) showed that a latent change score implementation of the mutualism model outperformed alternative models, demonstrating positive reciprocal inter...
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| description | Recent work suggests that the positive manifold of individual differences may arise, or be amplified, by a mechanism called mutualism. Kievit et al. (2017) showed that a latent change score implementation of the mutualism model outperformed alternative models, demonstrating positive reciprocal interactions between vocabulary and reasoning during development. Here, we replicated these findings in a cohort of children (N = 227, 6–8 years old) and expanded the findings in three directions. First, a third wave of data was included, and the findings were robust to alternative model specifications. Second, a simulation demonstrated that data sets of similar magnitude and distributional properties could have, in principle, favored alternative models with close to 100% power. Third, we found support for the hypothesis that mutualistic-coupling effects are stronger and self-feedback parameters weaker in younger children. Together, these findings replicated the work of Kievit et al. (2017) and further support the hypothesis that mutualism supports cognitive development. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:e0f70e30-c5f2-450e-a459-48c596124aa92022-03-27T09:51:04ZMutualistic coupling between vocabulary and reasoning in young children: A replication and extension of the study by Kievit et al. (2017)Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:e0f70e30-c5f2-450e-a459-48c596124aa9Symplectic Elements at OxfordSAGE Publications2019Kievit, RHofman, ANation, KRecent work suggests that the positive manifold of individual differences may arise, or be amplified, by a mechanism called mutualism. Kievit et al. (2017) showed that a latent change score implementation of the mutualism model outperformed alternative models, demonstrating positive reciprocal interactions between vocabulary and reasoning during development. Here, we replicated these findings in a cohort of children (N = 227, 6–8 years old) and expanded the findings in three directions. First, a third wave of data was included, and the findings were robust to alternative model specifications. Second, a simulation demonstrated that data sets of similar magnitude and distributional properties could have, in principle, favored alternative models with close to 100% power. Third, we found support for the hypothesis that mutualistic-coupling effects are stronger and self-feedback parameters weaker in younger children. Together, these findings replicated the work of Kievit et al. (2017) and further support the hypothesis that mutualism supports cognitive development. |
| spellingShingle | Kievit, R Hofman, A Nation, K Mutualistic coupling between vocabulary and reasoning in young children: A replication and extension of the study by Kievit et al. (2017) |
| title | Mutualistic coupling between vocabulary and reasoning in young children: A replication and extension of the study by Kievit et al. (2017) |
| title_full | Mutualistic coupling between vocabulary and reasoning in young children: A replication and extension of the study by Kievit et al. (2017) |
| title_fullStr | Mutualistic coupling between vocabulary and reasoning in young children: A replication and extension of the study by Kievit et al. (2017) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mutualistic coupling between vocabulary and reasoning in young children: A replication and extension of the study by Kievit et al. (2017) |
| title_short | Mutualistic coupling between vocabulary and reasoning in young children: A replication and extension of the study by Kievit et al. (2017) |
| title_sort | mutualistic coupling between vocabulary and reasoning in young children a replication and extension of the study by kievit et al 2017 |
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