Noun-Pair Learning in Children and Adults: Underlying Strings and Retrieval Time

Children learn noun pairs more efficiently in noun-verb-noun-conjunction-pronoun (NVNCP) contexts than in noun-conjunction-noun-verb-pronoun (NCNVP) contexts. However, the performance of college students does not differ as a function of context type. Pacing rate at retrieval was manipulated in the p...

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Published in:Child development 1972-03, Vol.43 (1), p.299-307
Main Author: Suzuki, Nancy S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adults
Age Factors
Age groups
Brief Reports
Child
Children
College students
Control groups
Experimentation
Humans
Language
Nouns
Sentence structure
Sentences
Verbal Learning
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Summary:Children learn noun pairs more efficiently in noun-verb-noun-conjunction-pronoun (NVNCP) contexts than in noun-conjunction-noun-verb-pronoun (NCNVP) contexts. However, the performance of college students does not differ as a function of context type. Pacing rate at retrieval was manipulated in the present investigation to assess a possible explanation of this difference. The design included 2 3 X 3 X 4 factorials, 1 for each age group. The principal variables were Pacing Rate (2 sec vs. 3 sec vs. 6 sec); Context Type (NCNVP vs. NVNCP vs. control); and Trials. Pacing rate at retrieval was not relevant to the presence or absence of a difference in performance associated with context type.
ISSN:0009-3920
1467-8624
DOI:10.2307/1127897