Barbara A Younger
Biographic Data
| ID | 5803995 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara A Younger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara A |
| FAMILY NAME | Younger |
| SIGNATURE | YOUNGER B A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Purdue University West Lafayette |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Toddlers' Understanding of Iconic Models
Toddlers' symbolic understanding of iconic models was assessed through 2 comprehension-based tasks: 1 based on looking and 1 requiring manual selection of the target object. Toddlers received either iconic models or photographs of models as the symbolic referent. Overall, 18-month-olds performed poorly, and both 22- and 26-month-olds performed relatively well across tasks. Contrary to expectations that the 2 tasks would impose different levels of…
An Emerging Consensus
From Aesop to Sun Tzu, the importance of working together has long been acknowledged. Yet as long as cooperation has existed, so have the difficulties associated with it. Pooling two fields might mean twice the power, but this union also brings twice the jargon, twice the competing theories, and twice the head butting. Nonetheless, in this collection, researchers have made a heroic effort to set aside their theoretical differences to produce thre…
A Comparison of Visual Familiarization and Object‐Examining Measures of Categorization in 9‐Month‐Old Infants
Three studies were conducted to determine whether differential patterns of categorization observed in studies using visual familiarization and object‐examining measures hold up as procedural confounds are eliminated. In Experiment 1, we attempted as direct a comparison as possible between visual and object‐examining measures of categorization. Consistent with previous reports, 9‐month‐old infants distinguished a basic‐level contrast (dog–horse) i…
A Global‐to‐Basic Trend in Early Categorization
A series of 3 experiments are reviewed in which infants between 4 and 10 months of age were familiarized with members of 2 basic‐level object categories. The degree of distinctiveness between categories was varied. Preference tests were intended to determine whether infants formed a single category representation (at a more global level) or 2 basic‐level representations. Across 3 experiments, 10‐month‐old infants appeared to have formed multiple …
Understanding Early Categorization
Development of categorization skills
Development of categorization skills
A Global‐to‐Basic Trend in Early Categorization
A series of 3 experiments are reviewed in which infants between 4 and 10 months of age were familiarized with members of 2 basic‐level object categories. The degree of distinctiveness between categories was varied. Preference tests were intended to determine whether infants formed a single category representation (at a more global level) or 2 basic‐level representations. Across 3 experiments, 10‐month‐old infants appeared to have formed multiple …
Understanding Early Categorization
A Comparison of Visual Familiarization and Object‐Examining Measures of Categorization in 9‐Month‐Old Infants
Three studies were conducted to determine whether differential patterns of categorization observed in studies using visual familiarization and object‐examining measures hold up as procedural confounds are eliminated. In Experiment 1, we attempted as direct a comparison as possible between visual and object‐examining measures of categorization. Consistent with previous reports, 9‐month‐old infants distinguished a basic‐level contrast (dog–horse) i…
An Emerging Consensus
From Aesop to Sun Tzu, the importance of working together has long been acknowledged. Yet as long as cooperation has existed, so have the difficulties associated with it. Pooling two fields might mean twice the power, but this union also brings twice the jargon, twice the competing theories, and twice the head butting. Nonetheless, in this collection, researchers have made a heroic effort to set aside their theoretical differences to produce thre…
Toddlers' Understanding of Iconic Models
Toddlers' symbolic understanding of iconic models was assessed through 2 comprehension-based tasks: 1 based on looking and 1 requiring manual selection of the target object. Toddlers received either iconic models or photographs of models as the symbolic referent. Overall, 18-month-olds performed poorly, and both 22- and 26-month-olds performed relatively well across tasks. Contrary to expectations that the 2 tasks would impose different levels of…
Child and Animal Learning Development (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Artificial Intelligence (5 works) · Categorization (5 works) · Cognitive psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Categorization, perception, and language (3 works) · Neuroscience (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works)