PSY 336 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Quality Television, Teletubbies, Impulsivity
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Toddler uses the word doggie to refer to all new furry animals with 4 legs (a lamb). Toddler is demonstrating the ability to map a set of sounds ( doggie ) to a meaningful group ( small furry animals ) but is overextending. Overextension: using words to refer to objects / things that are outside the bounds of the category named by the word is common in young children. Underextension: children use words to refer to a smaller group than the word actually names. Shoe only refers to the shoe in the closet & not to the ones the child is wearing (/ to ones that look slightly diff sneakers). Results: global to specific trajectory in categorization inclusiveness (e. g. , they categorize more inclusive levels like animals / vehicles before types of animals / vehicles). Dogs are animals (l1) & collies are a type of dog (l2). Iconic symbols: symbols that closely resemble the things they represent.
