Children prefer pattern over shape during complex categorization.
Psych J
; 9(6): 819-831, 2020 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-32743942
ABSTRACT
Numerous studies have shown that children tend to view objects with similar shapes as having the same category. However, these studies often adopt simple categorization tasks and ignore the perceptual dimension (e.g., surface pattern of objects) that likely attract children's attention. The purpose of this study was to test how children categorize when pattern competes against shape. In Experiment 1a children were presented with a target and several testing objects that shared the same shape, color, or texture as the target. The results indicated that children preferentially selected the shape-sharing objects. However, when the texture was replaced by pattern (Experiment 1b), there was no significant difference between shape and pattern choices. When shared features were intricately overlapped between different pairs of stimuli (Experiment 2), children preferentially chose objects that shared patterns over those that shared shapes. These findings are the first to reveal children's pattern preference in categorization, supporting the view that children's categorization is flexible.
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Reconhecimento Visual de Modelos
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Atenção
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Child
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Psych J
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article
País de afiliação:
China