Category typicality, cultural familiarity, and the development of category knowledge

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Title:	Category typicality, cultural familiarity, and the development of category knowledge
Authors:	Lin, Pei-Jung Schwanenflugel, P. J. Wisenbaker, J. M. 林佩蓉
Contributors:	台北市立教育大學幼兒教育學系
Keywords:	Age Differences Cognitive Development Cross Cultural Studies Cultural Differences Elementary School Students Foreign Countries Grade 2 Grade 4 Grade 6 Kindergarten Children
Date:	1990
Issue Date:	2009-07-13 11:24:09 (UTC+8)
Abstract:	A brief narrative description of the journal article, document, or resource. A total of 30 kindergarten and second, fourth, and sixth grade students from Taiwan and the United States were asked to make category inclusion and typicality judgments for 6 categories. Findings suggested that cultural familiarity with instances plays an important role in the development of category knowledge. (RH)
Relation:	Developmental Psychology,v26 n5, p.805-13
Appears in Collections:	[Department of Early Childhood Education] Periodical Articles

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