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.
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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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The development of spatial category representations from 4 to 7 years |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/bjdp.12149 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12149 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 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. |
| Keywords: | Space, spatial categories, spatial language |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1503132 |
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