Conditions Under Which Function Information Attenuates Name Extension via Shape
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Conditions under which function information attenuates name extension via shape.
Children often extend names to novel artifacts on the basis of overall shape rather than core properties (e.g., function). This bias is claimed to reflect the fact that nonrandom structure is a reliable cue to an object having a specific designed function. In this article, we show that information about an object's design (i.e., about its creator's intentions) is neither necessary nor sufficien...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychological Science
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0956-7976,1467-9280
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01713.x