• About
  • Policies
  • What is open access
  • Library
  • Contact
Advanced search
      View Item 
      •   BUIR Home
      • Scholarly Publications
      • Faculty of Economics, Administrative And Social Sciences
      • Department of Psychology
      • View Item
      •   BUIR Home
      • Scholarly Publications
      • Faculty of Economics, Administrative And Social Sciences
      • Department of Psychology
      • View Item
      JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

      What can we learn from toddlers about categorical perception of color? comments on Goldstein, Davidoff, and Roberson

      Thumbnail
      View / Download
      146.3 Kb
      Author(s)
      Franklin A.
      Wright, O.
      Davies, I. R. L.
      Date
      2009
      Source Title
      Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
      Print ISSN
      0022-0965
      Electronic ISSN
      1096-0457
      Publisher
      Elsevier Inc.
      Volume
      102
      Issue
      2
      Pages
      239 - 245
      Type
      Article
      Item Usage Stats
      227
      views
      708
      downloads
      Abstract
      We comment on Goldstein, Davidoff, and Roberson's replication and extension (Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 102, 219-238 [2009]) of our study of the effect of toddlers' color term knowledge on their categorical perception (CP) of color (Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 90, 114-141 [2005]). First, we discuss how best to assess color term knowledge when concerned with the effects of language on color CP. A reanalysis of our data indicates that even toddlers who do not know the terms for the relevant focal colors still show CP. Second, we comment on Goldstein and colleagues' finding of blue-purple CP, as we did, but not of blue-green CP in Himba toddlers. We present contrasting data from Wright (unpublished PhD thesis, University of Surrey, 2006) that demonstrates blue-green CP in Himba toddlers. Finally, we discuss the limitations of the approach taken by all of these investigations and discuss theoretical accounts of the origin and nature of color CP.
      Keywords
      Categorical perception
      Color Perception
      Color terms
      Toddlers
      Permalink
      http://hdl.handle.net/11693/22849
      Published Version (Please cite this version)
      http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2008.08.003
      Collections
      • Department of Psychology 242
      Show full item record

      Browse

      All of BUIRCommunities & CollectionsTitlesAuthorsAdvisorsBy Issue DateKeywordsTypeDepartmentsCoursesThis CollectionTitlesAuthorsAdvisorsBy Issue DateKeywordsTypeDepartmentsCourses

      My Account

      Login

      Statistics

      View Usage StatisticsView Google Analytics Statistics

      Bilkent University

      If you have trouble accessing this page and need to request an alternate format, contact the User and Access Services. Phone: (312) 290 1298
      © Bilkent University - Library IT

      Contact Us | Send Feedback | Off-Campus Access | Admin | Privacy