How much does a shared name make things similar? Part 1. Linguistic labels and the development of similarity judgment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9787306 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vladimir M Sloutsky (0000-0003-4054-3360, The Ohio State University, corresponding author), Ya-Fen Lo, Ya‐Fen Lo |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1478-1492 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0012-1649.35.6.1478 |
| PMID | 10563736 |
| OpenAlex | W4242400707 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 3 |
Most theoretical proposals considering effects of language on similarity assume that labels affect similarity in a qualitative all-or-nothing manner. This article proposes another theoretical alternative--a model of the label as a discrete attribute of an object. According to this model, the relative weight of labels decreases with the child's age. Predictions derived from the model were tested in 3 experiments. In these experiments, children aged 6-12 years were presented with triads of schematic faces and were asked to make similarity judgments. Similarity of faces within the triads was manipulated via systematic variation of distinct facial features. It was found that (a) labels contribute to similarity judgment in a quantifiable manner, (b) labels' weight decreased with age, and (c) effects of labels are likely to stem from the cross-modality of labels. These results are discussed in relation to theories of development of categorization
Affect (linguistics · Categorization · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Contrast (vision · Linguistics · Object (grammar · Schematic · Similarity (geometry · Variation (astronomy · Artificial Intelligence · Categorization, perception, and language · Child and Animal Learning Development · Communication · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · linguistics and terminology studies · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Psychology · Semantic Web and Ontologies · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,42 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2018 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |