کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
916447 1473348 2015 14 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Category coherence in children's inductive inferences with cross-classified entities
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
انسجام دسته در نتیجه گیری های استقرایی کودکان با واحدهای طبقه بندی شده طبقه بندی شده
کلمات کلیدی
انسجام دسته، استنتاج های القایی، طبقه بندی متقابل، طبقه بندی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی روانشناسی روانشناسی رشد و آموزشی
چکیده انگلیسی

Items rarely belong to a single category, but rather can be cross-classified into many categories, each serving a very different basis for induction. Presently, little is known about how children determine which category to use for induction in cross-classification situations. This research examined the role of category coherence in children's and adults’ (N = 329) inductive reasoning about cross-classified entities. In Study 1 and 2, participants were presented with a person who could be cross-classified into two categories, one coherent and the other incoherent. Category coherence is the extent to which members of a category and/or the properties of a category make sense together, given one's background knowledge. The results showed that by age 5 years, children are systematic in their use of coherence, tending to select the coherent category to inform their inference about the person. There is weaker evidence for 4-year-olds. Study 3 and 4 revealed that 4-year-olds have an appreciation for coherence in tasks of categorization. The results of Study 5 demonstrated 5-year-olds’ and adults’ tendency to use coherence when reasoning about cross-classified entities across different induction tasks. Overall, these results contribute to our emerging understanding of how and why children select some categories versus others during induction with cross-classified items.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Cognitive Development - Volume 35, July–September 2015, Pages 137–150
نویسندگان
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