eprintid: 1503132
rev_number: 28
eprint_status: archive
userid: 608
dir: disk0/01/50/31/32
datestamp: 2016-07-03 07:42:24
lastmod: 2021-10-02 22:09:20
status_changed: 2016-11-18 12:50:40
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Farran, EK
creators_name: Atkinson, L
title: The development of spatial category representations from 4 to 7 years
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B16
divisions: B14
keywords: Space, spatial categories, spatial language
note: © 2016 The British Psychological Society. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Farran, EK; Atkinson, L; (2016) The development of spatial category representations from 4 to 7 years. British Journal of Developmental Psychology , 34 (4) pp. 555-568. 10.1111/bjdp.12149, which has been published in final form at http://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12149. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
abstract: Representation of spatial categories was assessed in 4- to 7-year-olds. Across nine spatial categories (In, On, Under, In Front, Behind, Above, Below, Left, and Right), children were asked to pick the odd-one-out from four images, three of which displayed the same spatial relationship between two objects, and one which showed a different spatial relationship. Results support our proposed model of spatial category representation. Children progressed through three levels of understanding: from rigid (level 1), to abstract (level 2) to broad (including non-prototypical category exemplars) (level 3) understanding of spatial category membership. This developmental pattern was common to all spatial categories, and the ages at which children reached each level varied across categories, in line with the order in which category representations emerge in infancy.
date: 2016-10-11
date_type: published
official_url: http://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12149
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
article_type_text: JOURNAL ARTICLE
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elements_id: 1137930
doi: 10.1111/bjdp.12149
lyricists_name: Farran, Emily Kate
lyricists_id: EKFAR44
full_text_status: public
publication: British Journal of Developmental Psychology
volume: 34
number: 4
pagerange: 555-568
issn: 2044-835X
citation:        Farran, EK;    Atkinson, L;      (2016)    The development of spatial category representations from 4 to 7 years.                   British Journal of Developmental Psychology , 34  (4)   pp. 555-568.    10.1111/bjdp.12149 <https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12149>.       Green open access   
 
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