Generalized habituation of concept stimuli in toddlers.

Look ng tines of 3 6 children were recorded during subjectconl-rolled presentation of slides. Habituation was demonstrated over re,peated presentati. of 6 slides from a single conceptual category (e.q., animals). In an rilmediate generalization test the six habituatld sliCes were intermixed Nith 6 unfamiliar, but similar slides f -. the sale cateqor'y nd 6 slides from a novel catego.y (g., fruits). Mean tookIn g times were she test for familiar slides, longer for categorically similar slides, and longest for categorically novel slides. Females showed gene-rallzed h bituation from the fa lifer slideS to the categorically similar slides, but looked significantly longer at those from the novel category. Males l_-ked significantly longer at new slides from either the similar or the novel category than at the fanillar slides, but on unfamiliar slides did not significantly discriminate b_tween the similar and novel categori Generzlized Hatitu tion of Concept St:mul: in Toddlers Patricia J. Faulkender, John C. Wriqht, & April .61aldron