Model
Digital Document
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Description
A probe recognition task tested memory for syntactic (active/passive arid
word order) changes and for semantic (meaningful and anomalous) changes.
On the basis of McNeill's theory of semantic development the following
predictions were made: (a) with a minimal retention interval (almost
immediate) 8-year-olds would recognize semantic changes better than
syntactic changes, while 6-year-olds would not perform differently on
the two types of changes, (b) with a longer retention interval, 8-year-olds
would recognize semantic changes better than syntactic changes. Results
supported (b) but in (a) the 8-year-olds recognized syntactic changes
better. This finding was discussed in terms of task differences and a new
experimental approach was proposed.
word order) changes and for semantic (meaningful and anomalous) changes.
On the basis of McNeill's theory of semantic development the following
predictions were made: (a) with a minimal retention interval (almost
immediate) 8-year-olds would recognize semantic changes better than
syntactic changes, while 6-year-olds would not perform differently on
the two types of changes, (b) with a longer retention interval, 8-year-olds
would recognize semantic changes better than syntactic changes. Results
supported (b) but in (a) the 8-year-olds recognized syntactic changes
better. This finding was discussed in terms of task differences and a new
experimental approach was proposed.
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