Generic Language and Speaker Confidence Guide Preschoolers' Inferences About Novel Animate Kinds

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 884-888

  Stock, Hayli R ^a   Graham, Susan A ^b   Chambers, Craig G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

generics; inductive inference; speaker confidence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNCERTAINTY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; CULTURE; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 65649092585     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015359     Document Type: Article

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