Category construction in preschool-aged children: The use of correlated attributes

Perception of correlated attributes involving African–American and white females' faces by 10‐month‐old infants

“…Results of the present study are consistent with Younger (Younger and Cohen, 1986;Younger, 1992Younger, , 1993Younger and Mekos, 1992) and Levy and Haaf (1994). These results support the growing literature suggesting that 10-month-old infants are capable of detecting correlations among attributes of complex social information (Leinbach and Fagot, 1993;Levy and Haaf, 1994).…”

Effects of Childhood Hearing Loss on Organization of Semantic Memory: Typicality and Relatedness

“…Age-related improvement might be related to increasing, and more robust, conceptual knowledge, particularly regarding the properties characterizing clothing and their relative importance (Duncan & Kellas, 1978;Keller, 1982;Schwanenflugel, Guth, & Bjorkland, 1986;Younger & Mekos, 1992). Age-related improvement might also be related to increased processing proficiency in selective attention and inhibition (Bjorklund, 2005).…”

“…In children, for example, typical items are classified as members of a category developmentally earlier than atypical items (Mervis, 1987;Whitney & Kunen, 1980). Developmental changes in category membership may be observed up to the preteen years and may reflect children's increasing 1) specification of the properties characterizing a category; 2) appreciation of the statistical regularities of, and intercorrelations among, properties; and 3) realization that some properties are more important to membership than others (Duncan & Kellas, 1978;Keller, 1982;Schwanenflugel, Guth, & Bjorklund, 1986;Younger & Mekos, 1992).…”

“…Age-related advances in relevant competencies might involve increasing conceptual knowledge, particularly regarding the properties characterizing clothing and their relative importance (Duncan & Kellas, 1978;Keller, 1982;Schwanenflugel, Guth, & Bjorklund, 1986;Younger & Mekos, 1992), and increasing proficiency in selective attention and inhibition (Bjorklund, 2005), particularly the ability to select and attend to relevant properties and ignore other properties. This initial research focused on participants who were considered successful hearing aid users and who attended regular classes (mainstreamed), with some support services.…”

What’s in a name? Typicality and relatedness effects in children

“…In children, typical items are classified as members of a category developmentally earlier than are atypical items (Mervis, 1989;Whitney & Kunen, 1983). Developmental changes in category membership may again be observed up to the preadolescent years and may reflect childrenÕs increasing (a) specification of the properties characterizing a category; (b) appreciation of the statistical regularities of, and intercorrelations among, properties; and (c) realization that some properties are more important to membership than are others (Duncan & Kellas, 1978;Keller, 1982;Schwanenflugel, Guth, & Bjorklund, 1986;Younger & Mekos, 1992).…”