Naming and categorization in young children: Tv: Listener behavior training and transfer of function

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 247-273

  Horne, Pauline J ^a,b   Hughes, J Carl ^a   Lowe, C Fergus ^a,b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Categorization; Category match to sample; Children; Listener behavior; Naming; Stimulus classes; Tacting; Transfer of function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TEACHING;

ATTENTION; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TEACHING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VOCABULARY;

EID: 33746502486     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2006.125-04     Document Type: Article

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