The development of object categorization in young children

Hierarchical inclusiveness, age, perceptual attribute, and group versus individual analyses

Bibliographic Data

ID9789296
AuthorsMarc H Bornstein (0000-0002-6810-8427, National Institutes of Health, corresponding author), Martha E Arterberry (0000-0001-7089-4554, Colby College)
Year2010
Volume46
Issue2
Pages350-365
Publication date2010-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopmental Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/a0018411
PMID20210495
PMCIDPMC2856652
OpenAlexW2119681303
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited38

Multiple levels of category inclusiveness in 4 object domains (animals, vehicles, fruit, and furniture) were examined using a sequential touching procedure and assessed in both individual and group analyses in eighty 12-, 18-, 24-, and 30-month-olds. The roles of stimulus discriminability and child motor development, fatigue, and actions were also investigated. More inclusive levels of categorization systematically emerged before less inclusive levels, and a consistent advantage for categorizing high versus low perceptual contrasts was found. Group and individual analyses generally converged, but individual analyses added information about child categorization over group analyses. The development of object categorization in young children is discussed in light of efficiency of processing and similarity-differentiation theories

Categorization · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Object (grammar · Perception · Similarity (geometry · Stimulus (psychology · Action Observation and Synchronization · Artificial Intelligence · Categorization, perception, and language · Child and Animal Learning Development · Computer Science · Psychology

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