Korean Journal of Child Studies (아동학회지)

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Categorization of Young Children by Object Categorical Hierarchy

사물의 범주 위계에 따른 영아의 범주화 수행

  • 최혜영 (서울대학교 아동가족학과) ;
  • 이강이 (서울대학교 아동가족학과, 생활과학연구소)
  • Received : 2012.05.17
  • Accepted : 2012.10.05
  • Published : 2012.10.31
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Abstract

The purposes of this study were to investigate how children's categorization differs in object categorical hierarchy and to examine whether these aspects were different according to the children's age of 18 months, 24 months, 30 months. The participants consisted of 120 young children aged 18 months, 24 months, and 30 months from 31 child-care centers located in middle-income regions of Seoul and Kyonggi Province. The major findings were as follows : First, all the children from all three age groups could consistently differentiate the superordinates; however, they could not consistently differentiate basic categories. Second, 24 month appears to be a critical change period in category development. Third, as the children become older, they are able to acquire more knowledge regarding categories. These results suggested that the advent of ordering, in terms of basic categories as well as superordinates which occurred around the age of 24 month, was confirmed in category development.

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