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Young children's artifact conceptualization
| Title: | Young children's artifact conceptualization: a child centered approach. |
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| Name(s): |
Schultz, Patricia P. Charles E. Schmidt College of Science Department of Psychology |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Date Issued: | 2011 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Physical Form: | electronic | |
| Extent: | ix, 131 p. : ill. (some col.) | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | One of the most fundamental functions of human cognition is to parse an otherwise chaotic world into different kinds of things. The ability to learn what objects are and how to respond to them appropriately is essential for daily living. The literature has presented contrasting evidence about the role of perpetual features such as artifact appearance versus causal or inductive reasoning in chldren's category distinctions (e.g., function). The present project used a child-initiated inquiry paradigm to investigate how children conceptualize artifacts, specifically how they prioritize different types of information that typify not only novel but also familiar objects. Results underscore a hybrid model in which perceptual features and deeper properties act synergistically to inform children's artifact conceptualization. Function, however, appears to be the driving force of this relationship. | |
| Identifier: | 759843752 (oclc), 3320103 (digitool), FADT3320103 (IID), fau:3731 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
by Patricia P. Schultz. Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2011. Includes bibliography. Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject(s): |
Cognition in children Child development Reasoning in children Reasoning (Psychology) |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3320103 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
